Role of Molecular Profiling in Diagnosis of Papillary Renal-cell Cancer Presenting as Cancer of Unknown Primary Site

Clin Genitourin Cancer. 2017 Aug;15(4):e713-e717. doi: 10.1016/j.clgc.2016.11.004. Epub 2016 Dec 1.

Authors

Misako Nagasaka¹, Geetika Kukreja², Eman Abdulfatah³, Ulka Vaishampayan², Ammar Sukari²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Oncology, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Oncology, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.
³ Department of Pathology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.

PMID: 28024951
DOI: 10.1016/j.clgc.2016.11.004

No abstract available

Keywords: Cancer of occult primary source; Gene expression profiling; Poorly differentiated carcinoma; Renal-cell carcinoma; Targeted therapy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Carcinoma, Renal Cell / diagnosis*
Carcinoma, Renal Cell / drug therapy
Carcinoma, Renal Cell / genetics
Gene Expression Profiling / methods*
Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
Humans
Indazoles
Kidney Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Kidney Neoplasms / drug therapy
Kidney Neoplasms / genetics
Male
Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasms, Unknown Primary / drug therapy
Neoplasms, Unknown Primary / genetics*
Pyrimidines / therapeutic use
Sensitivity and Specificity
Sulfonamides / therapeutic use
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Indazoles
Pyrimidines
Sulfonamides
pazopanib