Microsatellite instability in sporadic colorectal carcinoma is not an indicator of prognosis

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 14-17

  Feeley, K M ^a,d   Fullard, J F ^b   Heneghan, M A ^a   Smith, T ^b   Maher, M ^b   Murphy, R P ^c   O'Gorman, T A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^d ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinico pathological variables; Colorectal carcinoma; Microsatellite instability; Replication error (RER)

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MUCIN; PROTEIN P53;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONTENT; DNA REPLICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE LOCUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; PLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLON; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DNA REPLICATION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PLOIDIES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 0032892831     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199905)188:1<14::AID-PATH323>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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