A detailed analysis of K-ras point mutations in relation to tumor progression and survival in colorectal cancer patients

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 241-245

  Span, Mary ^a   Moerkerk, Peter T M ^a   De Goeij, Anton F P M ^a   Arends, Jan Willem ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON ADENOMA; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; ONCOGENE K RAS; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM ADENOMA; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

ADENOMA; BASE SEQUENCE; CARCINOMA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GENES, RAS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOPLASM STAGING; POINT MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030017179     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19960621)69:3<241::AID-IJC15>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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