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Genetic inactivation of the APC gene contributes to the malignant progression of sporadic hepatocellular carcinoma: a case report.
Genes, chromosomes & cancer - 1 Nov 2006
Katoh Hiroto, Shibata Tatsuhiro, Kokubu Akiko, Ojima Hidenori, Kosuge Tomoo, Kanai Yae, Hirohashi Setsuo
Abstract excerpt
Although activated Wnt/beta-catenin pathway is considered to be one of the main driving forces of hepatocarcinogenesis, no somatic mutations of the adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) gene have been found in sporadic hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) to date. Here we present a case of a sporadic nodule...
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