APC genotype is not a prognostic factor in familial adenomatous polyposis patients with colorectal cancer

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1662-1669

  Bertario, Lucio ^a   Russo, Antonio ^b   Sala, Paola ^a   Varesco, Liliana ^c   Crucianelli, Rosella ^a,d   Frattini, Milo ^a   Pierotti, Marco A ^a,d   Radice, Paolo ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b Local Health Authority   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d FIRC INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

APC; Familial adenomatous polyposis; Survival

Indexed keywords

APC PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOME 5Q; CODON; COLON POLYPOSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS COLI; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENES, APC; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 4944224817     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-0652-6     Document Type: Article

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