Article
Association between H-ras minisatellite and colorectal cancer risk.
Anticancer research - 1 Jan 2000
Gosse-Brun S, Sauvaigo S, Daver A, Larra F, Kwiatkowski F, Bignon Y J, Bernard-Gallon D
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The H-ras locus has been suggested to play an important role in susceptibility to cancer. However, the results remain controversial. METHODS: In order to elucidate the potential role of the H-ras locus in colorectal carcinogenesis, 142 colorectal tumors with matched normal samples wer...
Topics
- Adenocarcinoma
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Alleles
- Colonic Polyps
- Colorectal Neoplasms
- Confidence Intervals
- DNA
- Female
- Genes, ras
- Humans
- Leukocytes
- Loss of Heterozygosity
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Minisatellite Repeats
- Neoplasm Staging
