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Dietary heterocyclic amines and microsatellite instability in colon adenocarcinomas.
Carcinogenesis - 1 Oct 2001
Wu A H, Shibata D, Yu M C, Lai M Y, Ross R K
Abstract excerpt
Microsatellite instability (MSI) is now an accepted and important pathway in colon tumorigenesis, occurring in 10-15% of sporadic colon cancers and almost all hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancers. Little is known about possible environmental influences on MSI status in colon cancer. We conducted an epidemiological study of 276 colon cancer cases in Los Angeles County that was designed to determine the population...
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