TRANSLOCATION (X-1) REVEALS METASTASIS 31 YEARS AFTER RENAL-CELL CARCINOMA

Citation
P. Dalcin et al., TRANSLOCATION (X-1) REVEALS METASTASIS 31 YEARS AFTER RENAL-CELL CARCINOMA, Cancer genetics and cytogenetics, 101(1), 1998, pp. 58-61
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Oncology,"Genetics & Heredity
ISSN journal
01654608
Volume
101
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
58 - 61
Database
ISI
SICI code
0165-4608(1998)101:1<58:T(RM3Y>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Cytogenetic investigation of a metastatic lesion appearing 31 years af ter nephrectomy allowed for the diagnosis of a renal cell carcinoma. T he der(X)t(X;1)(p11.2;q21.1) found in this case and review of the 14 o ther cases previously reported indicates that this chromosome lesion m ay characterize a specific subgroup of renal cell carcinoma, with dist inct histology and age distribution that also can occur in females. (C ) Elsevier Science Inc., 1998.