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Clear cell sarcoma


- Department of Soft Tissue/Bone Sarcoma and Melanoma, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Institute — Oncology Centre, Warsaw, Poland
- Department of Experimental Pharmacology, Mossakowski Medical Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Physiology, Laboratory of Centre of Preclinical Research, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
- Radiotherapy Department, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Institute — Oncology Centre, Warsaw, Poland
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Abstract
Abstract
Keywords
clear cell sarcoma; crizotinib; sentinel node biopsy; sarcoma; translocation


Title
Clear cell sarcoma
Journal
Issue
Article type
Review paper
Pages
354-363
Published online
2019-03-15
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2317
Article views/downloads
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DOI
10.5603/OCP.2018.0049
Bibliographic record
Oncol Clin Pract 2018;14(6):354-363.
Keywords
clear cell sarcoma
crizotinib
sentinel node biopsy
sarcoma
translocation
Authors
Anna M. Czarnecka
Paweł Sobczuk
Marcin Zdzienicki
Mateusz Spałek
Monika Dudzisz-Śledź
Piotr Rutkowski


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