Detection of microsatellite instability and loss of heterozygosity in serum DNA of small and non-small cell lung cancer patients: A tool for early diagnosis?

Lung Cancer

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 211-214

  Cuda, Giovanni ^a   Gallelli, Andrea ^a   Nisticò, Antonia ^a   Tassone, Pierfrancesco ^a   Barbieri, Vito ^a   Tagliaferri, Piero S ^a   Costanzo, Francesco S ^a   Tranfa, Carmelindo M E ^a   Venuta, Salvatore ^a  

^a 'Magna Graecia'   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; AGED; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING AND SMOKING RELATED PHENOMENA;

ADULT; AGED; BASE SEQUENCE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0034528340     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5002(00)00211-7     Document Type: Letter

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