Microsatellite instability and the clinicopathological features of sporadic colorectal cancer

Gut

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 821-829

  Ward, R ^a,b,c   Meagher, A ^a   Tomlinson, I ^c   O'Connor, T ^a   Norrie, M ^a,b   Wu, R ^a   Hawkins, N ^b,c  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal carcinoma; Immunohistochemistry; Microsatellite instability; MLH1; MSH2; Survival

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; PROTEIN P53;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENES, P53; GENES, RAS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUTATION; NEOPLASM STAGING; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034997971     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.48.6.821     Document Type: Article

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