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[Screening for Lynch syndrome in colorectal cancer].
Zhonghua bing li xue za zhi = Chinese journal of pathology - 1 Jun 2014
Liu Xiaohong, Cao Yongcheng, Wang Cuicui, Cao Ruixue, Chen Xin, Ding Jiyuan, Geng Ming
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the application of mismatch repair (MMR) genes proteins expression to screen for Lynch syndrome in colorectal cancer patients. METHODS: One hundred consecutive colorectal cancers cases collected from 2012 to 2013 were tested immunohistochemically for the protein expression of MLH1, MSH2, MSH6 and PMS2, and also by the ARMS method for the mutation status of BRAF genes in those cases lacking...
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