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Different types of epithelial cadherin alterations play different roles in human carcinogenesis.
Advances in anatomic pathology - 1 Nov 2002
Sobrinho-Simões Manuel, Oliveira Carla
Abstract excerpt
Epithelial cadherin (E-cadherin) gene and protein alterations are implicated in the existence of two clearly distinct types of tumors in the stomach (isolated cell and glandular carcinomas), breast (lobular and ductal carcinomas), and thyroid (papillary and follicular carcinomas), as well as in the occurrence of poorly differentiated foci in colorectal and prostate adenocarcinomas. A thorough correlation between...
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