Renal medullary carcinoma response to chemotherapy: a referral center experience in Brazil

Renal medullary carcinoma (RMC) is rare, accounting for less than 1% of all renal neoplasms. Case reports suggest RMC is highly aggressive, poorly responsive to chemotherapy, often metastatic at diagnosis, affects young men with sickle cell trait, and median overall survival (mOS) is less than 12 mo...

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Main Authors: Marina Cavalcanti Maroja Silvino, Camila Motta Venchiarutti Moniz, Gustavo Henrique Munhoz Piotto, Sheila Siqueira, Ariel Galapo Kann, Carlos Dzik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2013-08-01
Series:Rare Tumors
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Online Access:http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/rt/article/view/4751