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Is mucinous carcinoma of the colorectum a distinct genetic entity?
British journal of cancer - 1 Dec 1995
Hanski C
Abstract excerpt
Mucinous carcinomas are defined on the basis of the amount of the mucus component in the tumour mass. Apart from this quantitative criterion, a number of clinicopathological parameters (such as localisation, prevalence in different countries and age groups, association with HNPCC and inflammatory processes) and genetic alterations (e.g. frequency of mutation in Ki-ras and p53 genes, level of MUC2 expression)...
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