Article
Microsatellite instability in transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary tract and its relationship to clinicopathological variables and smoking.
International journal of cancer - 22 Apr 1996
Uchida T, Wang C, Wada C, Iwamura M, Egawa S, Koshiba K
Abstract excerpt
To determine whether microsatellite instability is involved in the development of transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the urinary tract, a microsatellite instability assay was carried out using PCR with 9 microsatellite loci. Thirty-eight TCC samples (30 patients with bladder cancer, 5 with rena...
Topics
- Carcinoma, Transitional Cell
- DNA, Neoplasm
- Female
- Genes, Tumor Suppressor
- Humans
- Kidney Neoplasms
- Male
- Microsatellite Repeats
- Mutation
- Smoking
- Ureteral Neoplasms
- Urinary Bladder Neoplasms
