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Common occurrence of multiple K-RAS mutations in pancreatic cancers with associated precursor lesions and in biliary cancers.
Oncogene - 20 Jun 2002
Laghi Luigi, Orbetegli Ombretta, Bianchi Paolo, Zerbi Alessandro, Di Carlo Valerio, Boland C Richard, Malesci Alberto
Abstract excerpt
Recent studies on small series of pancreatic cancer (PC) with foci of pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PanIN), a putative precursor lesion, have shown that multiple K-RAS mutations may coexist in the same neoplastic pancreas. To see whether mutant-K-RAS polyclonality is a common and specific feature of pancreatic carcinogenesis, we investigated a unselected series of periampullary cancers (41 pancreatic, 13...
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