Orbital involvement by NUT midline carcinoma: new presentation and encouraging outcome managed by radiotherapy combined with tyrosine kinase inhibitor: a case report

Abstract Background NUT midline carcinoma (NMC) is a poorly differentiated squamous cancer with a median survival at less than 7 months. NMC is resistant to conventional chemotherapies and characterized by rearrangement of the NUT gene. Case presentation Here, we described a patient who initially pr...

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Main Authors: Peiwei Chai, Chuandi Zhou, Renbing Jia, Yefei Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-01-01
Series:Diagnostic Pathology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13000-019-0922-1