Different genetic pathways to proximal and distal colorectal cancer influenced by sex-related factors

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 664-669

  Breivik, Jarle ^a   Lothe, Ragnhild A ^a   Meling, Gunn Iren ^b   Rognum, Torleiv O ^b   Børresen Dale, Anne Lise ^a   Gaudernack, Gustav ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; COLON MUCOSA; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONCOGENE K RAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM MUCOSA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; GENES, P53; GENES, RAS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0031443664     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19971219)74:6<664::AID-IJC18>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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