Clear cell adenocarcinoma of the colon is a unique morphological variant of intestinal carcinoma: Case report with molecular analysis

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 42, 2008, Pages 6575-6577

  Barisella, Marta ^a   Lampis, Andrea ^a   Perrone, Federica ^a   Carbone, Antonino ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Beta catenin; Clear cell carcinoma; Colon carcinoma; KRAS; Molecular analysis

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN 20; TUMOR MARKER;

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLON BIOPSY; COLON POLYP; COLON RESECTION; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDOSCOPIC POLYPECTOMY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ADENOCARCINOMA; CHEMISTRY; COLON TUMOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOLOGY;

ADENOCARCINOMA, CLEAR CELL; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 63449126730     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.6575     Document Type: Article

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