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Genetic analysis of radiation-associated rectal cancer.
Journal of gastroenterology - 1 Jan 2003
Tsuji Takashi, Sawai Terumitsu, Nakagoe Tohru, Hidaka Shigekazu, Shibasaki Shinichi, Tanaka Kenji, Nanashima Atsushi, Yamaguchi Hiroyuki, Yasutake Tohru, Tagawa Yutaka
Abstract excerpt
Genetic aberrations in radiation-associated colorectal cancer have not been studied in detail. We analyzed genetic aberrations in five rectal cancers that developed long after radiotherapy had been performed for cervical cancer. Microsatellite instability (MSI) in tumors was examined at five loci...
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