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Microsatellite Instability in Japanese vs European American Patients With Gastric Cancer
1 Aug 2002
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The stage-stratified survival following gastrectomy for gastric cancer is far better in Japan than in the United States. The process of carcinogenesis may differ in gastric cancers from Japan and the United States, accounting for prognostic differences, as patients of Asian descent treated in United States also exhibit superior survival in comparison with non-Asian patients. HYPOTHESIS: The phenotype...
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