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Clinicopathological characteristics of colorectal cancer with family history: an evaluation of family history as a predictive factor for microsatellite instability.
Journal of Korean medical science - 1 Sept 2007
Park In Ja, Kim Hee Cheol, Yoon Yong Sik, Yu Chang Sik, Jang Se Jin, Kim Jin Cheon
Abstract excerpt
To determine whether family history of cancer may be a risk factor for the mutator phenotype in colorectal cancer, we recruited 143 consecutive colorectal cancer patients with a family history of accompanying cancers not meeting the Amsterdam criteria. Microsatellite instability (MSI) at 5 markers, hMLH1-promoter methylation, and expression of mismatch repair (MMR) proteins (hMLH1, hMSH2, hMSH6, hMPS1, and hPMS2)...
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