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Lifestyle factors and Ki-ras mutations in colon cancer tumors.
Mutation research - 1 Nov 2001
Slattery M L, Anderson K, Curtin K, Ma K, Schaffer D, Edwards S, Samowitz W
Abstract excerpt
Heterogeneity in colon tumors implies that environmental, lifestyle, or genetic factors influence the type of mutations seen in tumors. In this study we evaluate the association between previously identified risk factors for colon cancer and Kirsten-ras (Ki-ras) mutations in tumors. The presence of Ki-ras mutations in codons 12 and 13 were determined in a population-based case-control study of colon cancer....
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