The serrated polyp pathway to colorectal carcinoma

Diagnostic Histopathology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 78-93

  O'Brien, Michael J ^a,b   Yang, Shi ^a,b   Huang, Christopher S ^a,b   Shepherd, Courtney ^a,b   Cerda, Sandra ^a,b   Farraye, Francis A ^a,b  

^a Boston University School of Medicine ^*

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

BRAF; CIMP; dysplasia; hyperplastic polyp; KRAS; microsatellite instability; serrated adenoma; serrated carcinoma; serrated polyp; sessile serrated adenoma

Indexed keywords

APC PROTEIN; B RAF KINASE; K RAS PROTEIN; PROTEIN MLH1;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; COLON POLYP; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DYSPLASIA; EPIGENETICS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORPHOLOGY; ONCOGENE; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RECTUM POLYP; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 41449100138     PISSN: 17562317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mpdhp.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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