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Genomic instability at both the base pair level and the chromosomal level is detectable in earliest PanIN lesions in tissues of chronic pancreatitis.
Pancreas - 1 Oct 2010
Baumgart Mario, Werther Meike, Bockholt Anke, Scheurer Maria, Rüschoff Josef, Dietmaier Wolfgang, Ghadimi B Michael, Heinmöller Ernst
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is a predisposing disease for pancreatic carcinoma (PC), however, precise molecular mechanisms of cancer development in the background of CP are ill defined. METHODS: A total of 443 laser-microdissected pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasias (PanINs), acinar-ductal metaplasia (ADM), and normal ducts from 21 patients with CP were analyzed for loss of heterozygosity (LOH) and...
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