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Intratumoral heterogeneity: Role of differentiation in a potentially lethal phenotype of testicular cancer.
Cancer - 15 Jun 2016
Tu Shi-Ming, Bilen Mehmet Asim, Hess Kenneth R, Broaddus Russell R, Kopetz Scott, Wei Chongjuan, Pagliaro Lance C, Karam Jose A, Ward John F, Wood Christopher G, Rao Priya, Tu Zachary H, General Rosale, Chen Adrienne H, Nieto Yago L, Yeung Sai-Ching J, Lin Sue-Hwa, Logothetis Christopher J, Pisters Louis L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Intratumoral heterogeneity presents a major obstacle to the widespread implementation of precision medicine. The authors assessed the origin of intratumoral heterogeneity in nonseminomatous germ cell tumor of the testis (NSGCT) and identified distinct tumor subtypes and a potentially lethal phenotype. METHODS: In this retrospective study, all consecutive patients who had been diagnosed with an NSGCT...
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