Article
Microsatellite instability and pathological aspects of breast cancer.
International journal of cancer - 22 Aug 1995
Contegiacomo A, Palmirotta R, De Marchis L, Pizzi C, Mastranzo P, Delrio P, Petrella G, Figliolini M, Bianco A R, Frati L
Abstract excerpt
Genomic instability plays a key role in hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer and in a significant sub-set of non-hereditary colorectal tumors. Recent evidence suggests that microsatellite instability also occurs in various sub-sets of common, non-hereditary forms of extra-colorectal carcinom...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Alleles
- Base Sequence
- Breast Neoplasms
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast
- DNA Primers
- DNA, Neoplasm
- Female
- Genetic Markers
- Humans
- Lymphatic Metastasis
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
- Sequence Deletion