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[A study of the relationship between the mutation of PIK3CA, PTEN and the occurrence of liver metastasis of colorectal cancer: survival analysis].
Zhonghua wai ke za zhi [Chinese journal of surgery] - 1 Nov 2012
Liang Li, Wei Ye, Ren Li, Zhong Yun-shi, Xu Jian-min
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate PIK3CA, PTEN status in the primary lesion of colorectal cancer (CRC): relationship with occurrences of liver metastasis and its prognosis. METHODS: Patients with CRC who had the primary tumor resected between 2003 and 2008 were selected and enrolled into three groups according to the occurrence of liver metastasis. The mutations of PIK3CA exon 9 and 20, PTEN exon 5, 7, 8 in primary...
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