"Leiomyosarcoma" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A sarcoma containing large spindle cells of smooth muscle. Although it rarely occurs in soft tissue, it is common in the viscera. It is the most common soft tissue sarcoma of the gastrointestinal tract and uterus. The median age of patients is 60 years. (From Dorland, 27th ed; Holland et al., Cancer Medicine, 3d ed, p1865)
| Descriptor ID |
D007890
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.557.450.590.455 C04.557.450.795.455
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| Concept/Terms |
Leiomyosarcoma, Epithelioid- Leiomyosarcoma, Epithelioid
- Epithelioid Leiomyosarcoma
- Epithelioid Leiomyosarcomas
- Leiomyosarcomas, Epithelioid
Leiomyosarcoma, Myxoid- Leiomyosarcoma, Myxoid
- Leiomyosarcomas, Myxoid
- Myxoid Leiomyosarcoma
- Myxoid Leiomyosarcomas
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| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Leiomyosarcoma" by people in Profiles.
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Chan JK, Gardner AB, Thompson CA, Kapp DS. The use of clinical characteristics to help prevent morcellation of leiomyosarcoma: An analysis of 491 cases. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2015 Dec; 213(6):873-4.
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Chuang TD, Ho M, Khorram O. The regulatory function of miR-200c on inflammatory and cell-cycle associated genes in SK-LMS-1, a leiomyosarcoma cell line. Reprod Sci. 2015 May; 22(5):563-71.
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Zalupski MM, Ryan JR, Ensley JF, Maciorowski Z, Pietraszkiewicz H, Hussein ME, Kukuruga M, Sundareson AS, Baker LH. Development and optimization of tissue preparative methodology for DNA content analysis of soft tissue neoplasms. Cytometry. 1993 Nov; 14(8):922-30.