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Clinicopathological and genetic differences between low-grade and high-grade colorectal mucinous adenocarcinomas.
Cancer - 15 Dec 2015
Yoshioka Yasumasa, Togashi Yosuke, Chikugo Takaaki, Kogita Akihiro, Taguri Masataka, Terashima Masato, Mizukami Takuro, Hayashi Hidetoshi, Sakai Kazuko, de Velasco Marco A, Tomida Shuta, Fujita Yoshihiko, Tokoro Tadao, Ito Akihiko, Okuno Kiyotaka, Nishio Kazuto
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BACKGROUND: Although colorectal mucinous adenocarcinomas (MCs) are conventionally regarded as exhibiting high-grade differentiation, they can be divided by differentiation into 2 groups according to the glandular appearance: low-grade mucinous adenocarcinoma (low-MC) and high-grade mucinous adenocarcinoma (high-MC). METHODS: Patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) who underwent surgical resection between 2000 and...
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