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The DCC Protein and Prognosis in Colorectal Cancer
5 Dec 1996
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Allelic loss of chromosome 18q predicts a poor outcome in patients with stage II colorectal cancer. Although the specific gene inactivated by this allelic loss has not been elucidated, the DCC (deleted in colorectal cancer) gene is a candidate. We investigated whether the expression of the DCC protein in tumor cells is a prognostic marker in colorectal carcinoma. METHODS: The expression of DCC was...
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