Prostate cancer is part of the hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) tumor spectrum

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 121 A, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 159-162

  Soravia, Claudio ^a,d   Van der Klift, Heleen ^b   Bründler, Marie Anne ^a   Blouin, Jean Louis ^a   Wijnen, Juul ^b   Hutter, Pierre ^c   Fodde, Riccardo ^b   Delozier Blanchet, Célia ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Institut Central des Hopitaux Valaisans   (Switzerland)

^d NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

HNPCC; Mismatch repair genes; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; PROTEIN MSH2; PROTEIN MSH6;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLORECTAL CANCER; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MISMATCH REPAIR; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECTUM CARCINOMA; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0043195893     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.20106     Document Type: Article

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