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Ewing sarcoma in a child with neurofibromatosis type 1.
Cold Spring Harbor molecular case studies - 1 Oct 2019
Fernandez Karen S, Turski Michelle L, Shah Avanthi Tayi, Bastian Boris C, Horvai Andrew, Hardee Steven, Sweet-Cordero E Alejandro
Abstract excerpt
We report here on a case of Ewing sarcoma (ES) occurring in a child with neurofibromatosis type 1. The sarcoma had an EWSR1-ERG translocation as well as loss of the remaining wild-type allele of NF1. Loss of the NF1 wild-type allele in the tumor suggests that activation of the Ras pathway contributed to its evolution. Review of available public data suggests that secondary mutations in the Ras pathway are found...
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