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Inter-relationship between microsatellite instability, thymidylate synthase expression, and p53 status in colorectal cancer: implications for chemoresistance.
BMC cancer - 5 Jun 2006
Popat Sanjay, Wort Richard, Houlston Richard S
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BACKGROUND: Studies indicate that thymidylate synthase (TS) expression, p53 and mismatch repair status have potential to influence colorectal cancer (CRC) outcome. There is, however, little data on the inter-relationship between these three markers. We sought to investigate whether relationships exist between these markers that might contribute to CRC phenotypes. METHODS: Four hundred and forty-one stage I-III...
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