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Non-round Cell Sarcomas

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Non-round cell sarcomas may occur in children or young adolescents. We present some examples of the most common entities: epithelioid sarcoma, osteosarcoma; malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST), congenital infantile fibrosarcoma, and synovial sarcoma.

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    Jerzy Klijanienko M.D., Ph.D., M.I.A.C.

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Domanski, H.A., Klijanienko, J. (2018). Non-round Cell Sarcomas. In: Klijanienko, J., Pohar Marinšek, Ž., Domanski, H. (eds) Small Volume Biopsy in Pediatric Tumors. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61027-6_6

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