Tumor microsatellite instability and clinical outcome in young patients with colorectal cancer

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 342, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 69-77

  Gryfe, Robert ^a,c   Kim, Hyeja ^a   Hsieh, Eugene T K ^a,d   Aronson, Melyssa D ^c   Holowaty, Eric J ^e,f   Bull, Shelley B ^b,e   Redston, Mark ^a,d   Gallinger, Steven ^a,c,g  

^a Centre for Cancer Genetics   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c Salvation Army Scarborough Grace H   (Canada)

^d Department of Brain Sciences   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

^g MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUTATION; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034642605     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200001133420201     Document Type: Article

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