Efficient detection of hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer gene carriers by screening for tumor microsatellite instability before germline genetic testing

Gastroenterology

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 21-30

  Terdiman, Jonathan P ^a,b   Gum, James R ^a,c   Conrad, Peggy G ^a,b   Miller, Glenn A ^d   Weinberg, Vivian ^b   Crawley, Suzanne C ^a,c   Levin, Theodore R ^a,b   Reeves, Cynthia ^d   Schmitt, Anna ^d   Hepburn, Michael ^d   Sleisenger, Marvin H ^a,b,c   Kim, Young S ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d GENZYME CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN MSH1; PROTEIN MSH2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GERM LINE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0035161440     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/gast.2001.20874     Document Type: Article

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