Microsatellite instability and aneuploidy rate in young colorectal- cancer patients do not differ significantly from those in older patients

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 667-670

  Yao, Jocelyn ^a   Eu, Kong Weng ^a   Seow Choen, Francis ^a   Vijayan, Viji ^b   Cheah, Peh Yean ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; GENETIC STABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANEUPLOIDY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIPLOIDY; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0344177626     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19990301)80:5<667::AID-IJC6>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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