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ba0003pp98 | Cancer and bone: basic, translational and clinical | ECTS2014

Biological markers of aggressive giant cell tumour of bone: an immunohistochemical study

Quattrini Irene , Pazzaglia Laura , Conti Amalia , Novello Chiara , Ferrari Cristina , Benassi Maria Serena

Giant cell tumour of bone (GCTb) is an osteolytic neoplasia with tendency to local recurrence (10–25%), while metastases or malignant transformation are described in 1–4% of cases.It is composed by three distinct populations that cross-talk each other generating unbalance in bone remodeling and activation of NF-kB signaling pathway.To identify new candidate biological markers useful for improving clinical management of GC...