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Synchronous multiple primary gastrointestinal cancer exhibits frequent microsatellite instability
1 Jun 2000
Abstract excerpt
Colorectal (CRC) and gastric cancers (GC), the most common gastrointestinal malignancies, have been known to develop occasionally in a same patient. Previous studies have focused on the etiology of patients with multiple primary gastric and colorectal cancer (MPGCC); however, the carcinogenic process of MPGCC remains unclear. In this study, we have examined the genetic alterations in MPGCC in order to clarify the...
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