Molecular genetic alterations and clinical features in early-onset colorectal carcinomas and their role for the recognition of hereditary cancer syndromes

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 100, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2280-2287

  Losi, Lorena ^a,d   Di Gregorio, Carmela ^c   Pedroni, Monica ^a   Ponti, Giovanni ^a   Roncucci, Luca ^a   Scarselli, Alessandra ^a   Genuardi, Maurizio ^b   Baglioni, Silvana ^b   Marino, Massimiliano ^a   Rossi, Giuseppina ^a   Benatti, Piero ^a   Maffei, Stefania ^a   Menigatti, Mirco ^a   Roncari, Barbara ^a   Ponz De Leon, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c Carpi Hospital   (Italy)

^d Div di Anat E Istologia Patologica   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA CATENIN GENE; CANCER SCREENING; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; EVALUATION; FAMILIAL CANCER; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MLH1 GENE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MSH2 GENE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; BASE MISPAIRING; CARCINOMA; COLORECTAL TUMOR; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY;

APC PROTEIN; BETA CATENIN; CTNNB1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MICROSATELLITE DNA; PROTEIN P53; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS COLI PROTEIN; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BASE PAIR MISMATCH; BETA CATENIN; CARCINOMA; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 27744589776     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.00223.x     Document Type: Article

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