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Microsatellite instability is infrequent in medullary breast cancer.
American journal of clinical pathology - 1 Jun 2001
Lee S C, Berg K D, Sherman M E, Griffin C A, Eshleman J R
Abstract excerpt
Microsatellite instability (MSI), characterized by contraction or expansion in microsatellite length or short tandem repeats compared with germline lengths, is found in 85% to 90% of colon cancer arising in hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer families. These cancers commonly have characteristic histologic appearances, including medullary features with intense lymphoid infiltrates. In pancreatic cancer, a...
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