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anaplasia [‚an·ə′plāzh·ə] (medicine) Reversion of cells to an embryonic, immature, or undifferentiated state; degree usually corresponds to malignancy of a tumor. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| OXiGENE also announced that it has had continued positive
discussions with the FDA regarding its proposed anaplastic thyroid
cancer (ATC) program, and continues to anticipate that the first patient
will be enrolled in the Phase III ATC clinical trial in the first half
of 2007.
Fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) showed predominantly spindle
cells with scattered lymphocytes (figure 1, B), suggesting a
differential diagnosis that included thymoma, spindle cell carcinoma,
spindle cell variants of medullary and anaplastic thyroid carcinomas,
and a spindle cell variant of lymphoma. The National Cancer
Institute estimates that glioblastoma and anaplastic astrocytoma account
for approximately 38% of primary brain tumors. |
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