Clinically aggressive “low-grade” uterine carcinosarcoma: A case report

• We present a case of uterine carcinoma with low-grade carcinomatous and sarcomatous components. • The tumor is likely a rare biphasic form of carcinosarcoma. • Molecular profiling suggests that it is a Type I endometrial cancer. • The tumor was extremely chemotherapy-resistant.

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Autores principales: Clearman, Theresa, Cimic, Adela, Ellenson, Lora H., Gupta, Divya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4688825/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26793763
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2015.08.002
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spelling pubmed-46888252016-01-20 Clinically aggressive “low-grade” uterine carcinosarcoma: A case report Clearman, Theresa Cimic, Adela Ellenson, Lora H. Gupta, Divya Gynecol Oncol Rep Case Report • We present a case of uterine carcinoma with low-grade carcinomatous and sarcomatous components. • The tumor is likely a rare biphasic form of carcinosarcoma. • Molecular profiling suggests that it is a Type I endometrial cancer. • The tumor was extremely chemotherapy-resistant. Elsevier 2015-08-20 /pmc/articles/PMC4688825/ /pubmed/26793763 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2015.08.002 Text en © 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title Clinically aggressive “low-grade” uterine carcinosarcoma: A case report
title_full Clinically aggressive “low-grade” uterine carcinosarcoma: A case report
title_fullStr Clinically aggressive “low-grade” uterine carcinosarcoma: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Clinically aggressive “low-grade” uterine carcinosarcoma: A case report
title_short Clinically aggressive “low-grade” uterine carcinosarcoma: A case report
title_sort clinically aggressive “low-grade” uterine carcinosarcoma: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4688825/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26793763
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2015.08.002
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