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APC mutations and other genetic and epigenetic changes in colon cancer.
Molecular cancer research : MCR - 1 Feb 2007
Samowitz Wade S, Slattery Martha L, Sweeney Carol, Herrick Jennifer, Wolff Roger K, Albertsen Hans
Abstract excerpt
Relationships between adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) mutations, BRAF V600E mutations, and the CpG island methylator phenotype (CIMP) in colon cancer have not been explored. In addition, controversies exist about the proportion of tumors with APC mutations in the mutation cluster region (MCR); how commonly APC, Ki-ras, and p53 mutations occur in the same tumor; and whether APC mutations occur in sporadic...
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