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Differential VHL Mutation Patterns in Bilateral Clear Cell RCC Distinguishes Between Independent Primary Tumors and Contralateral Metastatic Disease.
Urology - 1 Jul 2022
Vocke Cathy D, Ricketts Christopher J, Metwalli Adam R, Pinto Peter A, Gautam Rabindra, Raffeld Mark, Merino Maria J, Ball Mark W, Linehan W Marston
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether bilateral, multifocal clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) patients can be differentiated by VHL mutation analysis into cases that represent either multiple independently arising primary tumors, or a single primary tumor which has spread ipsilaterally as well as to the contralateral kidney. The nature of kidney cancer multifocality outside of known hereditary syndromes is as yet...
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