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SUBMITTER: Simon CT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6802321 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Simon Caroline T CT Skala Stephanie L SL Killen Paul D PD Siddiqui Javed J Cao Xuhong X Qiao Yuanyuan Y Al-Ahmadie Hikmat H Camelo-Piragua Sandra I SI Jentzen Jeffrey J Chinnaiyan Arul M AM Dhanasekaran Saravana M SM Reichert Zachery R ZR Mehra Rohit R
Diagnostic pathology 20191021 1
<h4>Background</h4>Rapid ("warm") autopsies of patients with advanced metastatic cancer provide important insight into the natural history, pathobiology and histomorphology of disease in treatment-resistant tumors. Plasmacytoid urothelial carcinoma (PUC) is a rare variant of urothelial carcinoma characterized by neoplastic cells morphologically resembling plasma cells. PUC is typically aggressive, high-stage at presentation, and associated with poor outcomes. Recurrence is common in PUC, with th ...[more]