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Allelotype of ampulla of Vater cancer: highly frequent involvement of chromosome 11.
Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology - 1 Jun 2004
Moore Patrick S, Missiaglia Edoardo, Beghelli Stefania, Bragantini Emma, Mina Maria M, Zamboni Giuseppe, Falconi Massimo, Scarpa Aldo
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: To determine the genetic differences/similarities in ampulla of Vater cancers (AVC) with respect to other pancreatic tumor types. METHODS: We analyzed eight cases of primary AVC by genome-wide allelotyping on DNA obtained from frozen tissue. A total of 372 microsatellite loci were used for each case, for a total of 2,976 microsatellites analyzed. RESULTS: Of the 2,159 informative markers, 400 were...
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