Acinar Cell Cancer

New acinar cell cancer study findings have been published by J.S. Reisfilho and colleagues

Published in Women's Health Weekly, July 10th, 2008

According to recent research from London, the United Kingdom, "Acinic cell carcinomas (ACCs) and secretory carcinomas (SCs) of the breast are rare, low-grade malignancies that preferentially affect young female patients. Owing to the morphological and immunohistochemical similarities between these lesions, they have been proposed to be two morphological variants of the same entity."

"It has been demonstrated that SCs of the breast consistently harbour the t(12;15)ETV6-NTRK3 translocation. The aim was to determine whether ACCs also harbour ETV6 gene rearrangements and are thus variants of SCs. Using the ETV6 fluorescence in situ hybridization DNA Probe Split Signal...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-07-10)

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