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Unique characteristics of rectal carcinoma cell lines derived from invasive carcinomas in ulcerative colitis patients.
Cancer science - 1 Mar 2004
Yamashita Kazuya, Yasuda Shuichi, Kuba Tatsuru, Otani Yoshimasa, Fujiwara Mutsunori, Okayasu Isao
Abstract excerpt
To identify the characteristics of ulcerative colitis (UC)-associated carcinomas, 8 lesions, high-grade dysplasias and invasive carcinomas, were implanted into severely combined immunodeficient (SCID) mice and/or cultured in vitro. Intramucosal neoplasias consisting of high-grade dysplasia showed extremely slow proliferation after implantation (2/3 cases) and in vitro culture failed (4 cases). However, invasive...
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