Article
Genetic instability associated with adenoma to carcinoma progression in hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer.
Gastroenterology - 1 Jul 1995
Jacoby R F, Marshall D J, Kailas S, Schlack S, Harms B, Love R
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Genetic instability related to defective DNA mismatch repair genes may be involved in the pathogenesis of carcinoma in hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer (HNPCC). However, nonneoplastic tissues from patients inheriting defects in human MSH2 or human MLH1 do not show significant genetic instability. The aim of this study was to determine whether acquisition of genetic instability at the...
Topics
- Adenoma
- Adult
- Aged
- Carcinoma
- Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis
- DNA, Neoplasm
- DNA, Satellite
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
