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Mismatch repair system in colorectal cancer. Frequency, cancer phenotype, and follow-up.
Revista de gastroenterologia de Mexico (English) - 1 Jan 2000
Rios-Valencia J, Cruz-Reyes C, Galindo-García T A, Rosas-Camargo V, Gamboa-Domínguez A
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION AND AIMS: A frequent task in the study of colorectal carcinomas (CRC) is to identify tumors harboring deficient DNA mismatch repair systems (dMMR), which are associated with microsatellite instability. Given that there is scant information on those tumors in Mexican patients, our aim was to describe their frequency, clinical and pathologic characteristics, and results, which are necessary for future...
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