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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2021

Recent Advancement in Atypical Lipomatous Tumor Research.

Emi Mashima, Yu Sawada, Motonobu Nakamura

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Liposarcoma: State of the Art-A Scoping Review.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  6. Giant liposarcoma of the thigh: A case report.SAGE open medical case reports · 2024
    Article
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  8. Giant atypical lipomatous tumors of the thigh: a case series.Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis · 2023
    Article
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  13. Epigenetics of Cutaneous Sarcoma.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
    Review
  14. An Atypical Lipomatous Tumor of the Forearm: A Case Report.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2021
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Emi MashimaDepartment of Dermatology, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, 1-1, Iseigaoka, Yahatanishi-Ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka 807-8555, Japan.
Yu SawadaDepartment of Dermatology, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, 1-1, Iseigaoka, Yahatanishi-Ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka 807-8555, Japan.
Motonobu NakamuraDepartment of Dermatology, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, 1-1, Iseigaoka, Yahatanishi-Ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka 807-8555, Japan.
University of Occupational and Environmental Health Japan · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

After Evans and colleagues identified the lipomatous tumor with a well-differentiated liposarcoma in a subcutaneous location or within a muscle layer, namely, atypical lipomatous tumor (ALT), this malignancy has been investigated to clarify the characteristics of clinical behavior and genomic changes. As one of the important issues for clinicians, it is a hot topic of how to distinguish ALT from benign lipoma in the clinical aspect. Recent studies revealed novel findings to clarify the risk factor for the diagnosis of ALT and molecular targets for the treatment of ALT. Clinical characteristics of superficial-type ALT well reflect the subcutaneous location of the tumor and are slightly different compared to deep-type ALT, such as tumor size. In addition, there has been a recent discovery of novel findings in ALT-related genes, namely, HMG2A (high mobility group protein 2a), YEATS4 (YEATS domain containing 4), and CPM (Carboxypeptidase M). Recent updates on treatment for advanced ALT are well developed including immunotherapy and conducting clinical trials. Finally, this review introduces one of the hot topics of ALT research focused on epigenetic changes: their attention in recent updates on clinical characteristics and the novel discovery of related genes, treatment, and epigenetic modifications in atypical lipomatous tumors.

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AnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsEpigenesis, GeneticGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHumansLiposarcomaAntineoplastic Agentsatypical lipomatous tumorclinical characteristicsdeep typeMRIsuperficial typetreatment

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PMID33498189
PMCPMC7863944
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