Article
Microsatellite instability associated with primary head and neck cancers and secondary esophageal cancers.
Japanese journal of clinical oncology - 1 Dec 1998
Kiriu H, Yokozaki H, Yasui W, Ito K, Tahara E
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: It is common that patients with head and neck cancers have secondary malignant neoplasm of esophageal cancer. METHODS: To know the genetic background of the development of these secondary cancers, we performed microsatellite assay at six loci and immunohistochemical analysis on head a...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Alcohol Drinking
- Cyclin D
- Cyclins
- Epitopes
- ErbB Receptors
- Esophageal Neoplasms
- Female
- Head and Neck Neoplasms
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Male
- Microsatellite Repeats
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasm Proteins
- Neoplasms, Second Primary
- Phenotype