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Undifferentiated carcinoma of the pancreas: analysis of intermediate filament profile and Ki-ras mutations provides evidence of a ductal origin.
The Journal of pathology - 1 May 1998
Hoorens A, Prenzel K, Lemoine N R, Klöppel G
Abstract excerpt
Undifferentiated carcinomas and osteoclast-like giant cell tumours of the pancreas commonly contain foci of neoplastic ductal glands. To test the hypothesis that undifferentiated carcinomas and osteoclast-like giant cell tumours have a ductal origin, the immunocytochemical cytokeratin pattern and the frequency and type of Ki-ras mutations at colon 12 were studied in a series of 17 undifferentiated carcinomas and...
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