Chromosome 17p allelic loss in colorectal carcinoma. Clinical significance.

doi:10.1001/archsurg.1995.01430060023005

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Chromosome 17p allelic loss in colorectal carcinoma. Clinical significance.

Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) - 1 Jun 1995

Takanishi D M, Angriman I, Yaremko M L, Montag A, Westbrook C A, Michelassi F

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OBJECTIVE: To correlate allelic losses on chromosomes 5q, 8p, 17p, and 18q in colorectal adenocarcinomas with histopathologic features of known prognostic significance. DESIGN: DNA was extracted from paired samples of 56 fresh-frozen colorectal adenocarcinomas (one classified as Dukes' stage A, 2...

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Alleles
Chromosome Deletion
Colorectal Neoplasms
DNA, Neoplasm
Humans

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