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Loss of Chromosome 18 in Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Small Intestine: The Enigma Remains
24 May 2016
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Neuroendocrine tumors of the small intestine (SI-NETs) exhibit an increasing incidence and high mortality rate. Until now, no fundamental molecular event has been linked to the tumorigenesis and progression of these tumors. Only the loss of chromosome 18 (Chr18) has been shown in up to two thirds of SI-NETs, whereby the significance of this alteration is still not understood. We therefore...
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