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Diagnosis of pancreatico-biliary malignancy: detection of gene mutations in plasma and stool.
Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology - 1 Jan 1999
Mulcahy H, Farthing M J
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Chromosomal abnormalities, including mutations, deletions and allelic losses of different oncogenes and tumour suppressor genes have been discovered in the DNA of cancer cells and the application of molecular biological techniques now permits identification of these alterations in tumours. Although it has been possible to detect potentially important genetic alterations in tumour material for some years, it is...
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