Medullary carcinoma of the pancreas in a man with hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer due to a mutation of the MSH2 mismatch repair gene

Human Pathology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1498-1502

  Banville, Niamh ^a   Geraghty, Robert ^a   Fox, Edward ^b   Leahy, Dermot T ^b   Green, Andrew ^b,c   Keegan, Denise ^a   Geoghegan, Justin ^a   O'Donoghue, Diarmuid ^a   Hyland, John ^a   Sheahan, Kieran ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

DNA mismatch repair genes; Hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer; Medullary carcinoma; Microsatellite instability

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN MSH2;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA REPAIR; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MISMATCH REPAIR; NONSENSE MUTATION; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PHENOTYPE;

CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTS HOMOLOG 2 PROTEIN; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PEDIGREE;

EID: 33750083369     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2006.06.024     Document Type: Article

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