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K-ras and p53 mutations in DNA extracted from colonic epithelial cells exfoliated in faeces of patients with colorectal cancer.
Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver - 1 Mar 2000
Notarnicola M, Cavallini A, Cardone R, Pezzolla F, Demma I, Di Leo A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Exfoliated colonic epithelial cells in faeces provide a source of human DNA which may be analysed for the presence of tumour-induced modification. AIM: In the present study we investigated K-ras and p53 mutations in faeces of patients with colorectal carcinoma, to verify whether analysis of these mutations might identify a high percentage of patients with colorectal cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS:...
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