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Microsatellite instability in sporadic endometrial carcinoma.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute - 17 Aug 1994
Duggan B D, Felix J C, Muderspach L I, Tourgeman D, Zheng J, Shibata D
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BACKGROUND: Recent studies have demonstrated ubiquitous somatic microsatellite mutations in some cancers of the colon, endometrium, stomach, and pancreas. PURPOSE: Our purpose was to characterize the frequency and nature of this replication error (RER) or mutator phenotype in sporadic endometrial carcinoma. METHODS: Formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded normal and tumor tissues from 45 patients with sporadic...
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