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Associations of defect mismatch repair genes with prognosis and heredity in sporadic colorectal cancer.
European journal of surgical oncology : the journal of the European Society of Surgical Oncology and the British Association of Surgical Oncology - 1 Feb 2017
Ghanipour L, Jirström K, Sundström M, Glimelius B, Birgisson H
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BACKGROUND: Microsatellite instability arises due to defect mismatch repair (MMR) and occurs in 10-20% of sporadic colorectal cancer. The purpose was to investigate correlations between defect MMR, prognosis and heredity for colorectal cancer in first-degree relatives. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Tumour tissues from 318 patients consecutively operated for colorectal cancer were analysed for immunohistochemical...
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