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Genotype stability and clonal evolution of hepatocellular carcinoma assessed by autopsy-based genome-wide microsatellite analysis.
Cancer genetics and cytogenetics - 1 Sept 2005
Nishimura Takafumi, Nishida Naoshi, Komeda Toshiki, Fukuda Yoshihiro, Nakao Kazuwa
Abstract excerpt
It is widely accepted that chromosomal instability is an essential feature of cancer cells including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells. For an accurate characterization of clonal evolution of HCC cells, we studied chromosomal alterations in various metastatic lesions in an autopsy case of HCC. Tissues from the main tumor, which consisted of 2 macroscopically distinct portions, and from intrahepatic metastasis,...
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