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Recurrent BRAF Gene Rearrangements in Myxoinflammatory Fibroblastic Sarcomas, but Not Hemosiderotic Fibrolipomatous Tumors.
The American journal of surgical pathology - 1 Nov 2017
Kao Yu-Chien, Ranucci Valentina, Zhang Lei, Sung Yun-Shao, Athanasian Edward A, Swanson David, Dickson Brendan C, Antonescu Cristina R
Abstract excerpt
Myxoinflammatory fibroblastic sarcoma (MIFS) is a low grade soft tissue sarcoma with a predilection for acral sites, being associated with a high rate of local recurrence but very infrequent distant metastases. Although a t(1;10) translocation resulting in TGFBR3-MGEA5 fusion has been reported as a recurrent genetic event in MIFS, this abnormality is seen only in a subset of cases. As no studies to date have...
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