Article
Proliferative potential and K-ras mutation in epithelial hyperplasia of the gallbladder in patients with anomalous pancreaticobiliary ductal union.
Cancer - 15 Jul 1998
Tanno S, Obara T, Fujii T, Mizukami Y, Shudo R, Nishino N, Ura H, Klein-Szanto A J, Kohgo Y
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Recent studies have shown that anomalous pancreaticobiliary ductal union (APBD) is an important risk factor for the development of gallbladder carcinoma. Epithelial hyperplasia of the gallbladder is one of the characteristic changes, but it is not clear whether epithelial hyperplasia...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Bile Ducts
- Carcinoma
- Epithelial Cells
- Female
- Gallbladder
- Gallbladder Neoplasms
- Genes, ras
- Humans
- Hyperplasia
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mutation
- Pancreatic Ducts
- Prognosis
- Risk Factors
