The detection of microsatellite instability in blind endometrial samples - A potential novel screening tool for endometrial cancer in women from hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer families?

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1393-1400

  Hewitt, M J ^a,b   Wood, N ^a   Quinton, N D ^a   Charlton, R ^b   Taylor, G ^b   Sheridan, E ^b   Duffy, S R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endometrial cancer; Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer; Microsatellite instability; Screening

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; GENOMIC DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SAMPLING; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, ENDOMETRIOID; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA, SEROUS; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 33745072974     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2006.00604.x     Document Type: Article

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