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Detection of mutated K-ras DNA in urine, plasma, and serum of patients with colorectal carcinoma or adenomatous polyps.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 Aug 2008
Su Ying-Hsiu, Wang Mengjun, Brenner Dean E, Norton Pamela A, Block Timothy M
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Our previous studies demonstrated that urine contains DNA derived from the circulation and that this DNA originated, in part, from organ sites and tumors distal to the urinary tract. To explore the potential use of DNA from urine as compared to other body fluids as a source for circulating DNA for cancer detection, the DNA concentration and the frequency of detection of mutated Kristin-ras (K-ras) DNA in serum,...
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