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Adenocarcinoma
Research reports on adenocarcinoma from Charles University provide new insights
June 16th, 2009
"The authors present a series of 24 malignant neoplasms arising in preexisting benign spiradenoma, (20), cylindroma (2), and spiradenocylindroma (2). Nineteen patients (12 females, 7 males; age range, 41 to 92y) had a solitary neoplasm (size range, 2.2 to 17.5 cm; median 4 cm), whereas the remaining 5 (4 females, 1 male; age range, 66 to 72y) manifested clinical features of Brooke-Spiegler syndrome (BSS), an autosomal dominantly inherited disease characterized by widespread, small, benign neoplasms on which background larger malignant lesions appeared," investigators in Plzen, Czech Republic report. "Microscopically, all cases showed the residuum of a preexisting benign...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-06-16)
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