Connective Tissue Neoplasms

Neoplasms composed of connective tissue, including elastic, mucous, reticular, osseous, and cartilaginous tissue. The concept does not refer to neoplasms located in connective tissue.

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Networked: 6 relevant articles (0 outcomes, 1 trials/studies)

Disease Context: Research Results

Related Diseases

1.	Carcinoma (Carcinomatosis)
2.	Neoplasms (Cancer)
3.	Mesothelioma

Drugs and Biologics

Drugs and Important Biological Agents (IBA) related to Connective Tissue Neoplasms:

1.	FibrinIBA 08/01/1959 - "[Animal experimental studies on the influence of spleen extract on a connective tissue neoplasm caused by fibrin implantation]."
2.	ProperdinIBA 07/15/1962 - "VII. Relation between the serum properdin titer and malignant connective tissue neoplasms of the oral cavity. "
3.	Monomethylhydrazine (Methylhydrazine)IBA 10/31/1966 - "[Treatment of systemic hemolymphopathies and of epithelial and connective-tissue neoplasms with a methylhydrazine derivative]."
4.	GlycosaminoglycansIBA 07/01/1981 - "Glycosaminoglycans of a malignant pleural mesothelioma have been characterized histochemically and biochemically and compared with those of normal lung, pleural plaque, lung carcinoma, and other connective tissue neoplasms. "
5.	Cathepsin DIBA 12/01/1986 - "Cathepsin D was also found in carcinomas of bronchus, stomach, colon, kidney, breast, ovary, bladder and pancreas, both in neoplastic epithelium and in stromal cells, but was seldom present in connective tissue neoplasms. "
6.	CarcinogensIBA 03/01/1981 - "This uniform entity should be clearly distinguished from renal mesenchymal tumor, a connective tissue neoplasm of heterogeneous form which is induced frequently in rats by certain chemical carcinogens."