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Mutational activation of the RAS-RAF-MAPK and the Wnt pathway in small intestinal adenocarcinomas.
Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology - 1 Aug 2004
Bläker H, Helmchen B, Bönisch A, Aulmann S, Penzel R, Otto H F, Rieker R J
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BACKGROUND: Adenocarcinomas of the small and the large intestine share risk factors and morphological features but both tumor types seem to follow different genetic pathways. The aim of this study on small intestinal carcinomas was to analyze alternative mechanisms of activation of pathways that are typically affected in colorectal cancer. METHODS: Twenty-one sporadic carcinomas were investigated for mutations in...
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