Genetic and enzymatic evidence for Lewis enzyme expression in Lewis-negative cancer patients.

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Genetic and enzymatic evidence for Lewis enzyme expression in Lewis-negative cancer patients.

Cancer research - 1 Apr 1995

Yazawa S, Nishihara S, Iwasaki H, Asao T, Nagamachi Y, Matta K L, Narimatsu H

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It has been observed that the frequency of individuals with Lewis-negative erythrocytes is significantly higher in cancer patients than in healthy controls. In this study, 20 of the 66 (30.3%) patients with various cancers were typed as Lewis negative from their erythrocytes, while the same frequ...

Topics

Base Sequence
Erythrocytes
Esophageal Neoplasms
Fucosyltransferases
Gastrointestinal Neoplasms
Genotype
Humans
Lewis Blood Group Antigens
Molecular Sequence Data
Phenotype
Saliva

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