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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 carcinoma. To investigate the role of microsatellite instability in breast cancer, and to correlate this type of alteration...
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