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Malignant Myoepithelioma

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Overview

NCI Definition: An infiltrating malignant tumor characterized by the presence of atypical cells with myoepithelial differentiation. Representative examples include malignant breast myoepithelioma and salivary gland myoepithelial carcinoma. [1]

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Disease Details

Synonyms
Myoepithelial Carcinoma, MYOEPITHELIOMA, MALIGNANT
Parent(s)
Soft Tissue Neoplasm
Children
Malignant Breast Myoepithelioma, Salivary Gland Myoepithelial Carcinoma, and Soft Tissue Myoepithelial Carcinoma

References

1. National Cancer Institute. NCI Thesaurus Version 18.11d. https://ncit.nci.nih.gov/ncitbrowser/ [2018-08-28]. [2018-09-21].

2. The AACR Project GENIE Consortium. AACR Project GENIE: powering precision medicine through an international consortium. Cancer Discovery. 2017;7(8):818-831. Dataset Version 8. This dataset does not represent the totality of the genetic landscape; see paper for more information.

3. All assertions and clinical trial landscape data are curated from primary sources. You can read more about the curation process here.