Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour

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Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour, also known as neurofibrosarcoma, is a rare but aggressive type of cancer. Half of the cancers originate in patients with the hereditary disease neurofibromatosis type 1.

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