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High frequency of K-ras mutations in biliary duct carcinomas of cases with a long common channel in the papilla of Vater.
Cancer research - 1 Feb 2000
Hidaka E, Yanagisawa A, Seki M, Takano K, Setoguchi T, Kato Y
Abstract excerpt
The frequency of K-ras mutation in biliary duct carcinomas in different locations and the relationship to the form of the junction of the pancreaticobiliary duct (JPBD) are not understood clearly. These points were investigated in the present study. Thirty-seven biliary duct carcinomas in patients without anomalous JPBD were investigated for K-ras mutations. Regarding location, 12 were hilar, 4 in the upper, 11...
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