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A novel high-specificity approach for colorectal neoplasia: Detection of K-ras2 oncogene mutation in normal mucosa.
International journal of cancer - 1 Mar 2005
Yamada Shinobu, Yashiro Masakazu, Maeda Kiyoshi, Nishiguchi Yukio, Hirakawa Kosei
Abstract excerpt
There is an important need for a high-specificity approach to colorectal cancer. Approximately 50% of colorectal tumors contain K-ras gene mutations, which occur as an early step in carcinogenesis. K-ras mutations were detectable not only in tumors but also in microscopically normal colorectal mucosa close to carcinomas in some patients with colorectal cancer. This is the first systematic analysis of K-ras...
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