Microsatellite instability in human solid tumors.

doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19980515)82:10<1808::aid-cncr2>3.0.co;2-j

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Microsatellite instability in human solid tumors.

Cancer - 15 May 1998

Arzimanoglou I I, Gilbert F, Barber H R

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BACKGROUND: Microsatellite instability (MIN) has been identified in a wide variety of human tumors, both familial and sporadic. In this study the authors attempted to correlate MIN with other biologic parameters to assess the significance of MIN in cancer. METHODS: The current literature up to Ma...

Topics

Chromosome Mapping
Genome, Human
Humans
Microsatellite Repeats
Mutation
Neoplasms
Prognosis

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