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Recalling Cohnheim's Theory: Papillary Renal Cell Tumor as a Model of Tumorigenesis from Impaired Embryonal Differentiation to Malignant Tumors in Adults.
International journal of biological sciences - 1 Jan 2018
Banyai Daniel, Sarlos Donat P, Nagy Anetta, Kovacs Gyula
Abstract excerpt
We have suggested that papillary renal cell tumor (PRCT) of the kidney arises from nephrogenic rest-like lesions. To approve our hypothesis, we worked up 14 kidneys bearing papillary and 14 ones with conventional renal cell carcinoma (CRCC) histologically and found 42 papillary lesions in average per kidney bearing PRCT. PRCTs are characterized by loss of the Y chromosome and trisomy of chromosomes 7 and 17. The...
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