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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 renal pelvic tumors and 3 with ureteral tumors) and 1 lymph node with metastasis were examined. Microsatellite instability...
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