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Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma
1 Mar 1996
Abstract excerpt
Papillary renal cell carcinoma (papillary RCC) is an uncommon histologic variant of RCC with distinct gross, microscopic, and immunohistochemical features. Recent karyotypic analyses suggest that papillary RCC differs from other types of RCC at the genetic level as well. Whereas nonpapillary (clear cell, granular cell) RCC is characterized by deletions in chromosome 3p, papillary tumors reportedly exhibit a...
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