Frequent K-ras mutations among laterally spreading tumors with granular components and their significance for rectal carcinomas

Digestive Endoscopy

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-72

  Yokoyama, Yuichi ^a   Tamura, Satoru ^a   Onishi, Saburo ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

K ras mutation; Laterally spreading tumor; Rectal carcinoma; Superficial type colorectal tumor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CODON; COLON; COLORECTAL TUMOR; ENDOSCOPY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ONCOGENE K RAS; RECTUM CARCINOMA; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 14644393666     PISSN: 09155635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1443-1661.2005.00465.x     Document Type: Article

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