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K-ras gene mutation as an early prognostic marker of colon cancer.
Polski przeglad chirurgiczny - 1 Jan 2016
Szpon Łukasz, Stal Aleksander, Zawadzki Marcin, Lis-Nawara Anna, Kielan Wojciech, Grzebieniak Zygmunt
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Due to increased colorectal cancer incidence there is a necessity of seeking new both prognostic and prediction factors that will allow to evolve new diagnostic tests. K-ras gene seems to be such a factor and its mutations are considered to be an early marker of progression of colorectal cancer. The aim of the study was to find a correlation between K-ras gene mutation in patients with diagnosed...
Topics
- Aged
- Colonic Neoplasms
- Early Detection of Cancer
- Female
- Genes, ras
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mutation
- Neoplasm Staging
- Prognosis
