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Clonality and K-ras mutation analyses of epithelia in intraductal papillary mucinous tumor and mucinous cystic tumor of the pancreas.
Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology - 1 Nov 2002
Yoshizawa Koji, Nagai Hideo, Sakurai Shinji, Hironaka Mitsugu, Morinaga Shojiroh, Saitoh Ken, Fukayama Masashi
Abstract excerpt
Histological criteria for subclassification of intraductal papillary mucinous tumor (IPMT) and mucinous cystic tumor (MCT) of the pancreas remain ambiguous in the absence of apparent invasion or metastasis. To elucidate this issue, we evaluated clonality and K- ras mutations in 11 cystic tumors o...
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