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Prognostic significance of high microsatellite instability in a Spanish series of gastric adenocarcinomas.
Anticancer research - 1 Jan 2000
Artuñedo Pe P, Moreno Azcoita M, Alonso A, Fernández-Peralta A, González-Aguilera J J
Abstract excerpt
In colorectal cancer different levels of microsatellite instability (MSI) have been described. MSI-H (high) characterizes a unique clinical and pathological phenotype known as hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer syndrome, whereas MSI-L (low) and MSS (stable) are considered similar phenotypes without pathological implications. MSI has been also described as a frequent genetic alteration in a subset of...
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