"Giant Cell Tumors" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Tumors of bone tissue or synovial or other soft tissue characterized by the presence of giant cells. The most common are giant cell tumor of tendon sheath and GIANT CELL TUMOR OF BONE.
| Descriptor ID |
D005870
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.557.450.565.380
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| Concept/Terms |
Giant Cell Tumors- Giant Cell Tumors
- Cell Tumor, Giant
- Cell Tumors, Giant
- Giant Cell Tumor
- Tumor, Giant Cell
- Tumors, Giant Cell
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| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Giant Cell Tumors" by people in Profiles.
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Giant Cell Tumor of the Uterus: A Report of 3 Cases With a Spectrum of Morphologic Features. Int J Gynecol Pathol. 2015 Jul; 34(4):340-50.
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Clinical evaluation and management of benign soft tissue tumors of the extremities. Cancer Treat Res. 2014; 162:171-202.
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K-ras oncogene mutations in osteoclast-like giant cell tumors of the pancreas and liver: genetic evidence to support origin from the duct epithelium. Am J Surg Pathol. 1998 Oct; 22(10):1247-54.
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Osteoclast-like giant cell tumor of the pancreas: immunophenotypic similarity to giant cell tumor of bone. Hum Pathol. 1991 Jun; 22(6):618-22.
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[Surgical treatment of juvenile bone cysts and giant cell tumors]. Chirurg. 1955 Jan; 26(1):17-20.