Article
Hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer--morphologies, genes and mutations.
Mutation research - 1 Oct 1994
Jass J R, Stewart S M, Stewart J, Lane M R
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in a human homologue of the yeast DNA mismatch repair gene MSH2 (equivalent to bacterial MutS) cause the condition hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC). Cancers in HNPCC originate within benign neoplastic polyps termed adenomas. Adenomas are clonal and each may serve as a...
Topics
- Adenoma
- Adult
- Aged
- Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis
- DNA Repair
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mutation
- Nucleic Acid Heteroduplexes
