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Metastatic Pattern of Stage IV Colorectal Cancer with High-Frequency Microsatellite Instability as a Prognostic Factor.
Anticancer research - 1 Jan 2017
Fujiyoshi Kenji, Yamamoto Gou, Takenoya Takashi, Takahashi Akemi, Arai Yoshiko, Yamada Mina, Kakuta Miho, Yamaguchi Kensei, Akagi Yoshito, Nishimura Yoji, Sakamoto Hirohiko, Akagi Kiwamu
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BACKGROUND: A recent clinical trial on the immune check-point inhibitor pembrolizumab demonstrated that microsatellite instability (MSI) is a good biomarker for response to this inhibitor. However, clinicopathological features of advanced colorectal cancer (CRC) with high-frequency MSI (MSI-H) are unclear. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A total of 2,439 surgically resected CRC tissues were analyzed for MSI status, and...
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