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Uterine adenosarcomas are mesenchymal neoplasms.
The Journal of pathology - 1 Feb 2016
Piscuoglio Salvatore, Burke Kathleen A, Ng Charlotte K Y, Papanastasiou Anastasios D, Geyer Felipe C, Macedo Gabriel S, Martelotto Luciano G, de Bruijn Ino, De Filippo Maria R, Schultheis Anne M, Ioris Rafael A, Levine Douglas A, Soslow Robert A, Rubin Brian P, Reis-Filho Jorge S, Weigelt Britta
Abstract excerpt
Uterine adenosarcomas (UAs) are biphasic lesions composed of a malignant mesenchymal (ie stromal) component and an epithelial component. UAs are generally low-grade and have a favourable prognosis, but may display sarcomatous overgrowth (SO), which is associated with a worse outcome. We hypothesized that, akin to breast fibroepithelial lesions, UAs are mesenchymal neoplasms in which clonal somatic genetic...
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