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Development of a fluorescent multiplex assay for detection of MSI-High tumors.
Disease markers - 1 Jan 2004
Bacher Jeffery W, Flanagan Laura A, Smalley Regenia L, Nassif Nadine A, Burgart Lawrence J, Halberg Richard B, Megid Wael M Abdel, Thibodeau Stephen N
Abstract excerpt
Determining whether a tumor exhibits microsatellite instability (MSI) is useful in identifying patients with hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer and sporadic gastrointestinal cancers with defective DNA mismatch repair (MMR). The assessment of MSI status aids in establishing a clinical prognosis and may be predictive of tumor response to chemotherapy. A reference panel of five markers was suggested for MSI...
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