Impact of microsatellite testing and mismatch repair protein expression on the clinical interpretation of genetic testing in hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer

Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology

Volumn 128, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 403-411

  Ward, Robyn ^a,b   Meldrum, Cliff ^c,d   Williams, Rachael ^a   Mokany, Elisa ^a   Scott, Rodney ^c,d   Turner, Jenny ^a   Hawkins, Nicholas ^b   Burgess, Bronwyn ^d   Groombridge, Claire ^d   Spigelman, Allan ^d,e  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Hunter Family Cancer Service   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colorectal carcinoma; HNPCC; Microsatellite instability; Mismatch repair

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GERM LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MISMATCH REPAIR; MISSENSE MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASE PAIR MISMATCH; CARRIER PROTEINS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA REPAIR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTS HOMOLOG 2 PROTEIN; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; PROGNOSIS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036042202     PISSN: 01715216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00432-002-0361-2     Document Type: Article

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