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Possible alternative carcinogenesis pathway featuring microsatellite instability in colorectal cancer stroma.
British journal of cancer - 18 Aug 2003
Matsumoto N, Yoshida T, Yamashita K, Numata Y, Okayasu I
Abstract excerpt
Differential microsatellite instability (MSI) in tumour epithelial and stromal compartments has not been well examined for colorectal cancers. Using laser-captured microdissection, separate specimens of these compartments of 40 sporadic colorectal cancers were sampled and MSI was tested with four markers. To examine the relation between the MSI phenotype in the stroma and other genetic events and...
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