Article
Allelotype analysis of early colorectal cancers with lymph node metastasis.
International journal of cancer - 21 Aug 1998
Arai T, Akiyama Y, Yamamura A, Hosoi T, Shibata T, Saitoh K, Okabe S, Yuasa Y
Abstract excerpt
Several studies have indicated that frequent allelic losses in some specific chromosomal regions occur during colorectal cancer (CRC) progression. To clarify the correlation between such allelic losses and metastatic potential, the allelotype of lymph node-positive early CRCs, which are small but...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Alleles
- Carcinoma
- Chromosome Deletion
- Colorectal Neoplasms
- Female
- Humans
- Loss of Heterozygosity
- Lymphatic Metastasis
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Tumor Suppressor Protein p53
