Microsatellite instability in sporadic colon cancer is associated with an improved prognosis at the population level

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 917-923

  Samowitz, Wade S ^a   Coleman, Landon W ^a   Leppert, Mark ^b   Curtin, Karen ^a   Ma, Khe Ni ^a   Slattery, Martha L ^a   Schaffer, Donna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON CANCER; FEMALE; GENE BAT 26; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; ONCOGENE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CALIFORNIA; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NEOPLASM STAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; RECEPTORS, TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UTAH;

EID: 0034852772     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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