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Adenoma
Reports summarize adenoma study results from Pomeranian Medical University
January 6th, 2009
According to a study from Szczecin, Poland, "The aim of the study was to examine whether pleomorphic adenoma of salivary glands can occur on the basis of constitutional BRCA-1 mutations. Two hundred and sixty-eight patients affected by mixed tumour of salivary glands were examined for occurrence of three BRCA-1 mutations dominating in Poland." "BRCA-1 mutation was detected in only one of the patients, a female affected by breast cancer and pleomorphic adenoma of parotid gland. Parotid gland tumour showed clinical and histopathological features of typical pleomorphic adenoma with no morphological features of high-grade malignancy, which are characteristic of...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-01-06)
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