The focus of this month’s blog post is a discussion of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNSTs), which represent one of the few potentially life-threatening complications of neurofibromatosis ...
Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNSTs) are aggressive sarcomas that arise from benign plexiform neurofibroma (PN) and borderline atypical neurofibroma (AN) in the setting of ...
Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is a genetic condition that causes tumors to grow along nerves in the skin, brain, and other parts of the body. These tumors are usually noncancerous (benign), but they ...
A team of researchers from the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP) and Institut Català d'Oncologia (ICO) has studied alterations in the KRAS gene in colorectal cancer by combining genomic ...
Figure 1 (A) Clinical picture, (B) Usg showing intramuscular heterogenous lesion arising from sciatic nerve, (C) MRI showing heterogeneously isointense mass measuring 12.8 × 6.6 × 3.8 cm with features ...
Treatment for neurofibromatosis type 1 may involve surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, or other methods. In some cases, doctors may take a “wait and see” approach. Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), ...