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Microsatellite instability: A 2024 update.
Cancer science - 1 Jun 2024
Yamamoto Hiroyuki, Watanabe Yoshiyuki, Arai Hiroyuki, Umemoto Kumiko, Tateishi Keisuke, Sunakawa Yu
Abstract excerpt
Deficient mismatch repair (dMMR) results in microsatellite instability (MSI), a pronounced mutator phenotype. High-frequency MSI (MSI-H)/dMMR is gaining increasing interest as a biomarker for advanced cancer patients to determine their eligibility for immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs). Various methods based on next-generation sequencing (NGS) have been developed to assess the MSI status. Comprehensive genomic...
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