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Colorectal carcinomas with high microsatellite instability: defining a distinct immunologic and molecular entity with respect to prognostic markers.
Human pathology - 1 Dec 2000
Edmonston T B, Cuesta K H, Burkholder S, Barusevicius A, Rose D, Kovatich A J, Boman B, Fry R, Fishel R, Palazzo J P
Abstract excerpt
Molecular analysis of hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal carcinomas (HNPCC) has identified DNA mismatch repair deficiencies with resulting microsatellite instability (MSI) as a pathway of carcinogenesis that appears to be relevant for prognosis, treatment, and possibly prevention. In this study, expression of cell cycle proteins and other known prognostic markers is correlated with the microsatellite status of...
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