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Mutations in DNA mismatch repair genes are not responsible for microsatellite instability in most sporadic endometrial carcinomas.
Cancer research - 1 Dec 1995
Katabuchi H, van Rees B, Lambers A R, Ronnett B M, Blazes M S, Leach F S, Cho K R, Hedrick L
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Endometrial carcinoma is the second most common tumor type in women with hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal carcinoma. Microsatellite instability (MI) has been observed in the inherited (hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal carcinoma-associated) form of endometrial carcinoma as well as in approximately 20% of presumably sporadic cases. Recent studies suggest that MI in many cell lines or xenografts derived from...
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