Article
Identification of a breast tumor with microsatellite instability in a potential carrier of the hereditary non-polyposis colon cancer trait.
Clinical genetics - 1 Jun 1995
Bergthorsson J T, Egilsson V, Gudmundsson J, Arason A, Ingvarsson S
Abstract excerpt
Allelic expansion at microsatellite loci in colorectal tumor DNA indicates a genomic instability caused by defects in DNA mismatch repair. This is observed in a high proportion of tumors from individuals affected by hereditary non-polyposis colorectal carcinoma, but to a lesser extent in sporadic colorectal tumors. In this study we screened 46 colorectal tumors for replication errors (RER). Tumors from six...
Topics
- Adult
- Age of Onset
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Breast Neoplasms
- Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis
- DNA Replication
- DNA, Neoplasm
- DNA, Satellite
- Female
- Heterozygote
