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Clinicopathologic and Molecular Characteristics of Synchronous Colorectal Carcinoma With Mismatch Repair Deficiency.
The American journal of surgical pathology - 1 Feb 2018
Nakano Kayoko, Yamamoto Hidetaka, Fujiwara Minako, Koga Yutaka, Tsuruta Shinichi, Ihara Eikichi, Oki Eiji, Nakamura Masafumi, Ogawa Yoshihiro, Oda Yoshinao
Abstract excerpt
Synchronous colorectal carcinoma (CRC) is a unique disease associated with a high prevalence (∼35%) of microsatellite instability and occasionally with Lynch syndrome. The clinicopathologic and molecular features of synchronous CRC are poorly understood, particularly in Japanese patients. We examined 118 Japanese patients (236 tumors) with synchronous CRC and 117 Japanese patients (117 tumors) with solitary CRC...
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