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Adenoid Cystic Cancer
New adenoid cystic cancer study findings have been published by scientists at Brown University
May 13th, 2008
"Primary cutaneous adenoid cystic carcinoma is a rare, slow-growing malignancy first described by Boggio in 1975. This tumor characteristically consists of basophilic cells with a distinct adenoid or cribriform pattern in the mid to deep reticular dermis," investigators in the United States report. "Modified myoepithelial cells with prominent basement membrane material often surround true lumina. Definitive diacynosis relies on the characteristic histologic features and the exclusion of metastatic disease," wrote E. Naylor and colleagues, Brown University. The researchers concluded: "We describe two patients who presented with painful papules of the...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-05-13)
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