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Is Immunohistochemistry Enough to Diagnose Xp11.2 Renal Cell Carcinoma?
Paulo Victor Zattar Ribeiro and Leonora Zonula Pope, MD
Article Type: Commentary | Indexed Archive: Volume 6
The correct diagnosis methods of Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) with Xp11.2 translocations are controversial in the current literature. Due to the possible failures of immunohistochemistry alone. So we present a possible scientific based answer with the articles yet available. Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) with Xp11.2 translocations was delineated as a distinct entity in 2004 by the World Health Organization. It was primarily associated with TFE3 gene fusion and TFE3 protein overexpression in immunohis...
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