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Clonal divergence and genetic heterogeneity in clear cell renal cell carcinomas with sarcomatoid transformation

  1. Timothy D. Jones M.D.1,
  2. John N. Eble M.D.1,
  3. Mingsheng Wang M.D.1,
  4. Gregory T. MacLennan M.D.2,
  5. Shashi Jain M.D.2,
  6. Liang Cheng M.D.1,†,*

Article first published online: 26 JUL 2005

DOI: 10.1002/cncr.21288

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Cancer

Volume 104, Issue 6, pages 1195–1203, 15 September 2005

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Jones, T. D., Eble, J. N., Wang, M., MacLennan, G. T., Jain, S. and Cheng, L. (2005), Clonal divergence and genetic heterogeneity in clear cell renal cell carcinomas with sarcomatoid transformation. Cancer, 104: 1195–1203. doi: 10.1002/cncr.21288

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  1. 1

    Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana

  2. 2

    Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

  1. †

    Fax: (317) 274-5346

*Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University Medical Center, University Hospital 3465, 550 North University Blvd., Indianapolis, IN 46202

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  1. Issue published online: 31 AUG 2005
  2. Article first published online: 26 JUL 2005
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 25 APR 2005
  4. Manuscript Received: 15 MAR 2005

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