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Personal and Familial Malignancy History in Patients with Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors with a Focus on Sporadic Tumors.
World neurosurgery - 1 Sept 2020
Pendleton Courtney, Everson Megan C, Puffer Ross C, Spinner Robert J
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BACKGROUND: Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNSTs) occur sporadically, in patients with neurofibromatosis 1, and in patients with prior radiation therapy. The incidence of unrelated prior malignancies and family history of malignancy in patients with MPNSTs has not been previously described. METHODS: A retrospective search for cases of MPNSTs at our institution for the years 1994-2019 was performed....
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