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Absence of K-ras mutations in the pancreatic parenchyma of patients with chronic pancreatitis.
American journal of surgery - 1 Sept 1997
Hsiang D, Friess H, Büchler M W, Ebert M, Butler J, Korc M
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BACKGROUND: Human pancreatic cancers exhibit a high frequency of K-ras mutations. METHODS: In this study we used oligonucleotide specific hybridization to compare the frequency of K-ras mutations in genomic DNA samples prepared from 21 normal pancreatic tissues, 26 chronic pancreatitis tissues, and 24 pancreatic cancers. RESULTS: None of the DNA samples from normal or chronic pancreatitis tissues exhibited a...
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