Article
Lack of ras mutations and prediction of long-term survival in carcinoma of the colon.
Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc - 1 Mar 1992
Halter S A, Webb L, Rose J
Abstract excerpt
Ras oncogene mutations are found in a significant number of human colonic carcinomas. Correlation between patient survival and ras mutations was explored and compared with other clinical parameters. Colonic carcinoma embedded in paraffin was subjected to the polymerase chain reaction using primers to amplify codon 12 of the K-ras oncogene. Oligonucleotide probes to six mutations were used to identify mutated...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Carcinoma
- Colonic Neoplasms
- Female
- Genes, ras
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mutation
- Neoplasm Staging
