Novel t (15;19) (q15;p13) chromosome abnormality in a thymic carcinoma

Kubonishi, I.; Takehara, N.; Iwata, J.; Sonobe, H.; Ohtsuki, Y.; Abe, T.; Miyoshi, I.

Cancer Research 51(12): 3327-3328

1991


ISSN/ISBN: 0008-5472
PMID: 2040007
Document Number: 368785
A 22-year-old female with a thymic carcinoma is reported. The tumor was refractory to both chemotherapy and irradiation. The patient died with an aggressive clinical course. Cytogenetic study showed that the tumor cells had a chromosome translocation, t(15;19)(q15;p13), which was not identified previously in human cancer.

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