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Distribution of genetic variants in preneoplastic areas of colorectal tumours.
European journal of surgical oncology : the journal of the European Society of Surgical Oncology and the British Association of Surgical Oncology - 1 Aug 2003
Lindforss U, Papadogiannakis N, Zetterquist H, Lindberg G, Olivecrona H
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AIMS: Loss of heterozygosity (LOH) may vary almost randomly within a colorectal tumour due to the heterogeneous morphologic character of these tumours. Despite this, as a rule, single biopsies are the source of genetic material used in studies of markers important for prognosis, clinical behaviour of the disease, or susceptibility of specific tumours to different treatment modalities. METHODS: To evaluate the...
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