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RAS/RAF mutation and defective DNA mismatch repair in endometrial cancers.
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology - 1 Apr 2004
Mutch David G, Powell Matthew A, Mallon Mary Ann, Goodfellow Paul J
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Defective DNA mismatch repair is a common genetic abnormality in both colon cancers and endometrial cancers. Cancers with defective DNA mismatch repair have the so-called mutator phenotype and accumulate genetic errors at an increased rate. An early mutational target in cells with defect DNA mismatch repair may be the RAS/RAF pathway. Colon cancers often have KRAS2 mutations and, if not KRAS2...
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