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Clinical Features, Molecular Alterations and Prognosis of Colorectal Adenocarcinoma With Mucinous Component in Chinese Patients.
Applied immunohistochemistry & molecular morphology : AIMM - 1 Jan 2000
Jia Xiaoli, Li Bin, Wang Hui, Yan Zhe
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Mucinous adenocarcinoma (MAC) is conventionally diagnosed by WHO definition when the extracellular mucin is >50% of the tumor area, while tumors with <50% mucin are designated as having a mucinous component. The study is aimed at analyzing the clinicopathologic characteristics, mutation spectrum, and prognosis of colorectal adenocarcinoma with mucinous component (CAWMC). Mutation analyses for exon 2 to 4 of KRAS...
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