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Analysis of Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer in Malay Cohorts using Immunohistochemical Screening.
Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP - 1 Jan 2015
Wan Juhari Wan Khairunnisa, Wan Abdul Rahman Wan Faiziah, Mohd Sidek Ahmad Shanwani, Abu Hassan Muhammad Radzi, Ahmad Amin Noordin Khairul Bariah, Zakaria Andee Dzulkarnaen, Macrae Finlay, Zilfalil Bin Alwi
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Lynch syndrome (LS) is an inherited predisposition to colorectal, endometrial (uterine) and other cancers. Although most cancers are not inherited, about 5 percent (%) of people who have colorectal or endometrial cancer have the Lynch syndrome. It involves the alteration of mismatch repair (MMR) genes; MLH1, MSH2, MSH6 or PMS2. In this study, we analyzed the expression of MMR proteins in colorectal...
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