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Characterization of mutator phenotype in familial colorectal cancer patients not fulfilling amsterdam criteria.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 15 Sept 2004
Kim Jin C, Lee Kang H, Ka In H, Koo Kum H, Roh Seon A, Kim Hee C, Yu Chang S, Kim Tae W, Chang Heung M, Gong Gyeong Y, Kim Jung S
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PURPOSE: Although the mutator phenotype, including genetic and epigenetic alterations of the mismatch repair (MMR) system, seems to be pronounced in familial colorectal cancer, there have been few integrative studies comprising the entire mutator pathway. This study was done to identify the entire mutator pathway determining risk factors in patients with familial colorectal cancer not fulfilling the Amsterdam...
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