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Concomitant RASSF1A hypermethylation and KRAS/BRAF mutations occur preferentially in MSI sporadic colorectal cancer.
Oncogene - 17 Nov 2005
Oliveira Carla, Velho Sérgia, Domingo Enric, Preto Ana, Hofstra Robert M W, Hamelin Richard, Yamamoto Hiroyuki, Seruca Raquel, Schwartz Simo
Abstract excerpt
Methylation-associated inactivation of RASSF1A has frequently been observed in several human malignancies including sporadic colorectal and gastric cancer. However, nothing is known about the RASSF1A methylation status in the setting of MMR-deficient gastrointestinal tumours. In this study, we analysed systematically alterations in KRAS, BRAF and RASSF1A, in order to define the frequency and the pattern of these...
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