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Endometrial cancer and somatic G>T KRAS transversion in patients with constitutional MUTYH biallelic mutations.
Cancer letters - 18 Feb 2009
Tricarico Rossella, Bet Paola, Ciambotti Benedetta, Di Gregorio Carmela, Gatteschi Beatrice, Gismondi Viviana, Toschi Benedetta, Tonelli Francesco, Varesco Liliana, Genuardi Maurizio
Abstract excerpt
MUTYH-associated polyposis (MAP) is an autosomal recessive condition predisposing to colorectal cancer, caused by constitutional biallelic mutations in the base excision repair (BER) gene MUTYH. Colorectal tumours from MAP patients display an excess of somatic G>T mutations in the APC and KRAS ge...
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