Article
Prognostic factors of colorectal cancer: K-ras mutation, overexpression of the p53 protein, and cell proliferative activity.
Journal of surgical oncology - 1 Sept 1994
Tanaka M, Omura K, Watanabe Y, Oda Y, Nakanishi I
Abstract excerpt
Between June 1990 and April 1991, 62 colorectal tumors were assessed in a prospective fashion on the basis of various tumor characteristics. Parameters included K-ras mutation, overexpression of the p53 protein, and proliferating cell nuclear cell antigen, as well as standard histopathologic examination. A multivariate analysis showed that K-ras mutation correlated with vascular invasion (P < 0.01) and...
Topics
- Adenoma
- Analysis of Variance
- Antigens, Neoplasm
- Carcinoma
- Colorectal Neoplasms
- Female
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Genes, ras
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Male
