Mutational analysis of β-catenin and the RAS-RAF signalling pathway in early flat-type colorectal tumours

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 42, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 3065-3072

  Mikami, Masashi ^a   Nosho, Katsuhiko ^a   Yamamoto, Hiroyuki ^a   Takahashi, Taiga ^a   Maehata, Tadateru ^a,b   Taniguchi, Hiroaki ^a   Adachi, Yasushi ^a   Imamura, Akimichi ^c   Fujita, Masahiro ^d   Hosokawa, Masao ^d   Itoh, Fumio ^b   Imai, Kohzoh ^e   Shinomura, Yasuhisa ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Sapporo Kosei General Hospital   (Japan)

^d KEIYUKAI SAPPORO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

catenin; BRAF; Flat type colorectal tumours; KRAS; PIK3CA; RAS RAF signalling pathway

Indexed keywords

B RAF KINASE; BETA CATENIN; K RAS PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; RAF PROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOGENESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ONCOGENE K RAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BETA CATENIN; CELL COMMUNICATION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENES, RAS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS B-RAF;

EID: 33750514803     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2006.06.029     Document Type: Article

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