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Absence of mutations in DNA mismatch repair genes in sporadic endometrial tumors with microsatellite instability.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 1 Nov 1996
Lim P C, Tester D, Cliby W, Ziesmer S C, Roche P C, Hartmann L, Thibodeau S N, Podratz K C, Jenkins R B
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DNA mismatch repair genes have been reported to play a role in the pathogenesis of hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC). Mutations of DNA mismatch repair genes have accounted for 90% of HNPCC-related colon and endometrial tumors. These mutations have been associated with microsatellite instability (MIN). Because endometrial cancer (EC) is the most common extracolonic malignancy associated with HNPCC,...
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