Article
Association of replication error positive phenotype with lymphocyte infiltration in endometrial cancers.
Japanese journal of cancer research : Gann - 1 Sept 1998
Kihana T, Fujioka T, Hamada K, Kito K, Takahashi A, Tsukayama C, Ito M
Abstract excerpt
Microsatellite instability (MI) has been detected in certain sporadic cancers as well as in hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC). In order to determine the precise clinicopathological characteristics of MI in endometrial cancer, we examined 90 sporadic endometrial cancers (83 endome...
Topics
- Adenocarcinoma
- Carcinoma, Adenosquamous
- Carcinoma, Papillary
- DNA Replication
- Endometrial Hyperplasia
- Endometrial Neoplasms
- Female
- Frameshift Mutation
- Humans
- Lymphocytes
- Microsatellite Repeats
- Phenotype
- Sequence Analysis, DNA