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K-ras codon 12 mutation determines the polypoid growth of colorectral cancer.
Cancer research - 1 Aug 1998
Chiang J M, Chou Y H, Chou T B
Abstract excerpt
Colorectal carcinogenesis is widely thought to follow the adenoma-adenocarcinoma sequence. However, there are two morphologically distinct subtypes of colorectal cancer (CRC), polypoid and ulcerative. We conducted a comparative study to clarify whether different combinations of some commonly involved genetic alterations (including mutations in K-ras, p53, DCC, APC, and Rb genes) may exist between polypoid- and...
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