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Cyclooxygenase 2 expression and molecular alterations in Peutz-Jeghers hamartomas and carcinomas.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 1 Aug 2003
De Leng Wendy W J, Westerman Anne Marie, Weterman Marian A J, De Rooij Felix W M, Dekken Hv Herman van, De Goeij Anton F P M, Gruber Stephen B, Wilson J H Paul, Offerhaus G Johan A, Giardiello Francis M, Keller Josbert J
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PURPOSE: Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS) is a hamartomatous polyposis disorder with a high cancer risk. Debate exists about the premalignant potential of hamartomas. Also, treatment options other than surveillance are not available. Therefore, molecular alterations in hamartomas and PJS carcinomas w...
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