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Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors

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Description: The malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST) is the malignant counterpart to benign soft tissue tumors such as neurofibromas and schwannomas. This term is preferred to older designations such as malignant schwannomas and neurofibrosarcomas.

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Added: Sat Jun 30 2007