Article
Detection of K-ras mutations in the stool of patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma and pancreatic ductal hyperplasia.
Cancer research - 1 Jul 1994
Caldas C, Hahn S A, Hruban R H, Redston M S, Yeo C J, Kern S E
Abstract excerpt
Pancreatic adenocarcinoma is the fifth leading cause of cancer death in the United States. Mutations in the K-ras oncogene occur in 85% of pancreatic adenocarcinomas and have also been identified in 75% of pancreatic ducts with mucinous cell hyperplasia seen in association with chronic pancreatit...
Topics
- Acute Disease
- Adenocarcinoma
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Base Sequence
- Cholangiocarcinoma
- Codon
- Feces
- Genes, ras
- Humans
- Hyperplasia
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Pancreatic Ducts
- Pancreatic Neoplasms
- Pancreatitis