Article
Genetic alterations in human gastrointestinal cancers. The application to molecular diagnosis.
Cancer - 15 Mar 1995
Tahara E
Abstract excerpt
Gastrointestinal cancers involve genetic alterations in multiple oncogenes, multiple tumor suppressor genes, and multiple DNA repair genes. However, common and different genetic changes are observed in esophageal, gastric, and colorectal carcinomas, respectively. Inactivation of the p53 gene and...
Topics
- DNA Repair
- Esophageal Neoplasms
- Gastrointestinal Neoplasms
- Genes, Tumor Suppressor
- Humans
- Mutation
- Oncogenes
- Stomach Neoplasms
