Activation of the ras genes in malignant and premalignant colorectal tumors

Oncology Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1451-1454

  Glarakis, Ioannis S ^a   Savva, Sotiria ^b   Spandidos, Demetrios A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b AMALIA FLEMING GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Colon adenomas; Colon cancer; H ras; K ras; N ras; PCR RFLP

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CODON; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLON ADENOMA; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONCOGENE RAS; POINT MUTATION; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031690152     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.5.6.1451     Document Type: Article

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