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The use of microsatellite instability in the distinction between synchronous endometrial and colonic adenocarcinomas.
International journal of gynecological pathology : official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Pathologists - 1 Oct 1999
Krebs P A, Albuquerque A, Quezado M, Bryant B, Sobel M E, Merino M J, Otis C N
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The association of endometrial carcinoma with other gynecologic neoplasms, especially ovarian and fallopian tube carcinoma, has been well documented and is usually interpreted as a result of a field defect. Sporadic synchronous primary carcinomas occurring in the endometrium and colon are extremely rare, especially in the absence of the familial genetic abnormalities seen in hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal...
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