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Implication of K-ras and p53 in colorectal cancer carcinogenesis in Tunisian population cohort.
Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine - 1 Jul 2014
Ines Chaar, Donia Ounissi, Rahma Boughriba, Ben Ammar Azza, Sameh Amara, Khalfallah Taher, Abdelmajid Ben Hmida, Sabeh Mzabi, Saadia Bouraoui
Abstract excerpt
According to the multistep route of genetic alterations in the colorectal adenoma-carcinoma sequence, the complex K-ras/p53 mutation is one of the first alterations to occur and represent an important genetic event in colorectal cancer (CRC). An evaluation of the mutation spectra in K-ras and p53 gene was effected in 167 Tunisian patients with sporadic CRC to determine whether our populations have similar pattern...
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