Discordance between K-ras mutations in bone marrow micrometastases and the primary tumor in colorectal cancer

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2837-2843

  Tortola S ^a   Steinert, R ^a   Hantschick, M ^a   Peinado, M A ^a   Gastinger, I ^a   Stosiek, P ^a   Lippert, H ^a   Schlegel, W ^a   Reymond, M A ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW METASTASIS; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER SURGERY; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; ILIAC CREST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONCOGENE K RAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0035367084     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2001.19.11.2837     Document Type: Article

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