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Aneuploidy of chromosome 8 and C-MYC amplification in individuals from northern Brazil with gastric adenocarcinoma.
Anticancer research - 1 Jan 2000
Calcagno Danielle Queiroz, Leal Mariana Ferreira, Taken Sylvia Satomi, Assumpção Paulo Pimentel, Demachki Samia, Smith Marília de Arruda Cardoso, Burbano Rommel Rodríguez
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Gastric cancer is the third most frequent type of neoplasia. In northern Brazil, the State of Pará has a high incidence of this type of neoplasia. Limited data are available so far on the genetic events involved in this disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Dual-color fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) for the C-MYC gene and chromosome 8 centromere was performed in 11 gastric adenocarcinomas....
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