Article
Association of APC gene mutations and histological characteristics of colorectal adenomas.
Cancer research - 1 Jul 1994
De Benedetti L, Sciallero S, Gismondi V, James R, Bafico A, Biticchi R, Masetti E, Bonelli L, Heouaine A, Picasso M
Abstract excerpt
Fifty-nine colonic adenomas and 6 hyperplastic colonic polyps were analyzed by single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis for mutations in the adenomatous polyposis coli gene (APC). Frameshifts and premature stop codons in at least one copy of APC were detected in 25 of these adenomas. Five adenomas carried 2 APC mutations. No mutations in APC were found in any of the 6 hyperplastic polyps. The detection of...
Topics
- Adenoma, Villous
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Colonic Polyps
- Colorectal Neoplasms
- Female
- Frameshift Mutation
- Genes, APC
- Humans
- Male
