Genetic basis of cancer of the pancreas: diagnostic and therapeutic applications.

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Genetic basis of cancer of the pancreas: diagnostic and therapeutic applications.

The European journal of surgery = Acta chirurgica - 1 Oct 1994

Sakorafas G H, Tsiotou A G

Abstract excerpt

Relatively little is known about the molecular basis of pancreatic cancer despite it being one of the most common cancers in the developed world. Recent studies have shown that in human pancreatic cancer there are abnormalities in the structure or function, or both, of several oncogenes, notably...

Topics

Antibodies, Monoclonal
DNA, Neoplasm
Gene Amplification
Genes, Tumor Suppressor
Genes, myc
Genes, ras
Humans
Mutation
Pancreatic Neoplasms
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Proto-Oncogene Mas
Receptor, ErbB-2
Translocation, Genetic

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