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primary renal myoepithelial carcinoma

(PRY-mayr-ee REE-nul MY-oh-eh-pih-THEE-lee-ul KAR-sih-NOH-muh)
A rare type of cancer that forms in the kidney. Primary renal myoepithelial carcinoma often grows quickly and spreads to other parts of the body, especially in children. The cancer cells may have a certain genetic change called a translocation (part of one chromosome switches places with part of another chromosome).
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