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Clinicopathologic and genetic characteristics of gastric cancer in young male and female patients.
Oncology reports - 1 Jul 2006
Sasao Shogo, Hiyama Toru, Tanaka Shinji, Yoshihara Masaharu, Yasui Wataru, Chayama Kazuaki
Abstract excerpt
The pathways of gastric cancer in young patients (40 years of age or younger) have not yet been determined. We therefore examined clinicopathologically and genetically 68 gastric cancers in young patients and 66 tumors in older patients (41 years of age or older). Mutations in B-raf and K-ras were identified by PCR-SSCP following sequencing. Microsatellite instability (MSI) and hMLH3 mutations were also examined....
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