High thymidylate synthase expression is typical for sporadic MSI-H colorectal carcinoma

Polish Journal of Pathology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-33

  Okoń, Krzysztof ^a   Klimkowska, Agnieszka ^a   Wójcik, Piotr ^a   Osuch, Czesław ^a   Papla, Bolesław ^a   Stachura, Jerzy ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CHEMOTHERAPY; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; FEMALE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE MUTATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ADENOCARCINOMA; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL TUMOR; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METABOLISM; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TISSUE MICROARRAY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE; TISSUE ARRAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745043593     PISSN: 12339687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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