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Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans — Research · CancerIndex

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Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans

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Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans

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Non-malignant4 active trials9 evidence items

NCIt: C4683
OncoTree: DFSP
DOID: 3507
UMLS CUI: C0392784
MeSH: D018223

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PublishedShowing 1–7 of 7 publications · bibliographic data as recorded by PubMed; abstracts are not reproduced.

Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans COL1A1-PDGFB fusion is identified in virtually all dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans cases when investigated by newly developed multiplex reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction and fluorescence in situ hybridization assays.
· Hum Pathol · 2008 · PMID 17950782 · validated civic_curation pubmed
Identification of t(17;22)(q22;q13) (COL1A1/PDGFB) in dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans by fluorescence in situ hybridization in paraffin-embedded tissue microarrays.
· Hum Pathol · 2011 · PMID 21111450 · validated civic_curation pubmed
Detection of COL1A1-PDGFB fusion transcripts and PDGFB/PDGFRB mRNA expression in dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans.
· Mod Pathol · 2007 · PMID 17431412 · validated civic_curation pubmed
Genomic alterations of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans revealed by whole-genome sequencing.
· Br J Dermatol · 2022 · PMID 35441365 · validated civic_curation pubmed
A favorable outcome of advanced dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans under treatment with sunitinib after imatinib failure.
· Onco Targets Ther · 2018 · PMID 29760553 · validated civic_curation pubmed
COL1A1-PDGFB fusion in a pediatric Bednar tumor with 2 copies of a der(22)t(17;22).
· Cancer Genet Cytogenet · 2006 · PMID 16843106 · validated civic_curation pubmed
CDKN2A/p16 Loss Implicates CDK4 as a Therapeutic Target in Imatinib-Resistant Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans.

Showing 1–7 of 7 publications

· Mol Cancer Ther · 2015 · PMID 25852058 · validated civic_curation pubmed