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ArticleBritish journal of cancer2001

Neuroblastoma in monozygotic twins--a case of probable twin-to-twin metastasis.

J Anderson, H Kempski, L Hill, D Rampling, T Gordon, A Michalski

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Article in British journal of cancer, 2001. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

  • Erratum issued
5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

J AndersonUnit of Molecular Haematology, Institute of Child Health, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK.
H Kempski
L Hill
D Rampling
T Gordon
A Michalski
Blood Cancer UK · GBGreat Ormond Street Hospital · GBInstitute of Cancer Research · GBSt George's, University of London · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Concordance for neuroblastoma in monozygotic twins has been reported only rarely, and the cause of the shared pathology has not been established. We describe a case of infant monozygotic twins developing tumours that were morphologically, clinically and molecularly indistinguishable, but with a delay of 6 months between times of presentation. Both tumours were metastatic and had amplification of MYCN and deletion at 1p36. Twin 1, who developed neuroblastoma first, had constitutional karyotype abnormalities in at least 5% of peripheral blood mononuclear cells involving 1p and 3p, and a deletion of 1q44 in 21% of cells. Twin 2 had a normal constitutional karyotype and lacked rearrangement or deletion of these regions. We propose an acquired neuroblastoma predisposition specific for twin 1, and in utero metastatic spread of tumour cells to twin 2 via the shared placental circulation.

Indexed as

Neoplasm MetastasisTwins, MonozygoticDNA, NeoplasmFemaleHumansInfantInfant, NewbornKaryotypingNeuroblastomaDNA, Neoplasm

Identifiers

PMID11506485
PMCPMC2364085
OpenAlexW2054388026

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