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primary renal myoepithelial carcinoma

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-006921

A rare type of cancer that forms in the kidney. Primary renal myoepithelial carcinoma often grows quickly and spreads to other parts of the body, especially in children. The cancer cells may have a certain genetic change called a translocation (part of one chromosome switches places with part of another chromosome).

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-006921
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-006921",
  "term": "primary renal myoepithelial carcinoma",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A rare type of cancer that forms in the kidney. Primary renal myoepithelial carcinoma often grows quickly and spreads to other parts of the body, especially in children. The cancer cells may have a certain genetic change called a translocation (part of one chromosome switches places with part of another chromosome).",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/primary-renal-myoepithelial-carcinoma/"
}

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