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Tumors of bone

Mertens, Fredrik LU and Mandahl, Nils LU (2015) p.566-582
Abstract

Bone tumors constitute a heterogeneous group of neoplasms of skeletal origin. Benign cartilage tumors include osteochondroma, subungual exostosis, bizarre parosteal osteochondromatous proliferation (BPOP), chondromas, synovial chondromatosis, chondroblastoma, and chondromyxoid fibroma. Ewing sarcomas, also known as primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNET), are highly aggressive small cell round cell sarcomas showing varying degrees of neuroectodermal differentiation. Giant cell tumor of bone is a benign but locally aggressive tumor accounting for approximately 5% of all bone tumors. Cytogenetic analyses of bone tumors have demonstrated that most subtypes carry characteristic, sometimes tumor-specific, chromosomal aberrations that are... (More)

Bone tumors constitute a heterogeneous group of neoplasms of skeletal origin. Benign cartilage tumors include osteochondroma, subungual exostosis, bizarre parosteal osteochondromatous proliferation (BPOP), chondromas, synovial chondromatosis, chondroblastoma, and chondromyxoid fibroma. Ewing sarcomas, also known as primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNET), are highly aggressive small cell round cell sarcomas showing varying degrees of neuroectodermal differentiation. Giant cell tumor of bone is a benign but locally aggressive tumor accounting for approximately 5% of all bone tumors. Cytogenetic analyses of bone tumors have demonstrated that most subtypes carry characteristic, sometimes tumor-specific, chromosomal aberrations that are useful for differential diagnostic purposes. Many of the tumor-specific chromosomal rearrangements are balanced translocations, and for the majority of them, the molecular consequences have been clarified, allowing the use of fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) or reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) to verify or exclude their presence preoperatively or before initiating chemotherapy.

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Cartilage tumors, Cytogenetic analyses, Ewing sarcoma, Giant cell tumors, Notochordal tumors, Osteogenic tumors
host publication
Cancer Cytogenetics : Chromosomal and Molecular Genetic Aberrations of Tumor Cells - Chromosomal and Molecular Genetic Aberrations of Tumor Cells
editor
Heim, Sverre and Mitelman, Felix
edition
4th
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17 pages
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Wiley-Blackwell
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  • scopus:85015886966
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9781118795538
9781118795569
DOI
10.1002/9781118795569.ch23
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English
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  author       = {{Mertens, Fredrik and Mandahl, Nils}},
  booktitle    = {{Cancer Cytogenetics : Chromosomal and Molecular Genetic Aberrations of Tumor Cells}},
  editor       = {{Heim, Sverre and Mitelman, Felix}},
  isbn         = {{9781118795538}},
  keywords     = {{Cartilage tumors; Cytogenetic analyses; Ewing sarcoma; Giant cell tumors; Notochordal tumors; Osteogenic tumors}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{566--582}},
  publisher    = {{Wiley-Blackwell}},
  title        = {{Tumors of bone}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118795569.ch23}},
  doi          = {{10.1002/9781118795569.ch23}},
  year         = {{2015}},
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