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Microsatellite instability in double primary cancers of the colorectum and stomach.
Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc - 1 Jun 2001
Kim H S, Cho N B, Yoo J H, Shin K H, Park J G, Kim Y I, Kim W H
Abstract excerpt
Little is known about genetic alterations of patients who present multiple primary cancers. We hypothesized that microsatellite instability (MSI) is one of the underlying genetic factors in the development of double primary cancers in colorectal cancer patients. We examined for MSI in 41 colorectal cancer patients who presented with extra-colonic primary cancers consisted of 17 gastric and 24 non-gastric cancers....
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