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Clinicopathological and Genomic Profiles of Atypical Fibroxanthoma and Pleomorphic Dermal Sarcoma Identify Overlapping Signatures with a High Mutational Burden.
Genes - 25 Jun 2021
Ak Melike, Kahraman Abdullah, Arnold Fabian M, Turko Patrick, Levesque Mitchell P, Zoche Martin, Ramelyte Egle, Dummer Reinhard
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Atypical fibroxanthoma (AFX) and pleomorphic dermal sarcoma (PDS) are rare tumors developing in chronically sun-exposed skin. Clinicopathological features are similar, but they differ in prognosis, while PDS has a more aggressive course with a higher risk for local recurrence and metastases. In current clinical practice, they are diagnosed by exclusion using immunohistochemistry. Thus, stringent diagnostic...
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