Leiomyosarcomas are malignant mesenchymal tumors that can occur in the gynecologic tract, soft tissue compartment or visceral sites. Leiomyosarcomas can be broadly grouped into gynecologic type ...

No coagulative tumor cell necrosis was observed. Leiomyosarcomas were defined as showing 2+ to 3+ (moderate to marked) nuclear atypia, with 10 or more mitoses/10 HPF. Coagulative tumor cell ...

MALIGNANT smooth-muscle tumors (leiomyosarcomas) of soft-tissue origin are rare tumors, as indicated by the fact that in a review of the recent surgical literature, only one series, comprising 36 ...

Differential Frequencies of p16INK4a Promoter Hypermethylation, p53 Mutation, and K-ras Mutation in Exfoliative Material Mark the Development of Lung Cancer in Symptomatic Chronic Smokers PURPOSE: ...

About half of leiomyosarcomas form in the abdomen, specifically in an area called the retroperitoneum. Women are twice as likely to get these cancers as men are. Most people get them in their 50s ...

Uterine sarcoma is rare (3–7 per 100,000 in the US population) with a poor prognosis. Leiomyosarcomas are the most common of the uterine sarcomas. A US FDA report estimated the prevalence of ...

Results: A total of 49,258 patients were identified for analysis, 574 with leiomyosarcoma. Gastric leiomyosarcomas were more likely to occur in younger patients, female patients, and were less likely ...

Uterine sarcomas comprise about 2 to 5 percent of all uterine malignancies, and leiomyosarcomas account for 30 percent of all uterine sarcomas, according to the National Cancer Institute.

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