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Diagnostic use of microsatellite instability in hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer
1 Nov 1995
Abstract excerpt
50 families with a history of colorectal cancer were divided according to whether criteria for hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) were fulfilled totally (A, n = 19) or partly (B, n = 31) and stratified by the demonstration that at least half the cancers tested per family were positive for DNA replication errors (RER+). Accepted clinical and pathological characteristics of HNPCC were found to...
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