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Usefulness of Immunohistochemistry for Microsatellite Instability Screening in Gastric Cancer.
Gut and liver - 23 Sept 2015
Bae Yoon Sung, Kim Hoguen, Noh Sung Hoon, Kim Hyunki
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND/AIMS: The usefulness of immunohistochemistry to screen for the microsatellite instability (MSI) phenotype in gastric cancer remains unclear. Moreover, the prognostic value of MSI phenotypes in gastric cancer has been debated. METHODS: The clinicopathologic parameters and survival outcomes of 203 MSI-high (MSI-H) and 261 microsatellite-stable (MSS) advanced gastric cancers (AGCs) were compared. Next, we...
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