Endometrial cancer as a familial tumor: Pathology and molecular carcinogenesis (review)

Current Genomics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 127-132

  Banno, Kouji ^a   Yanokura, Megumi ^a   Kobayashi, Yusuke ^a   Kawaguchi, Makiko ^a   Nomura, Hiroyuki ^a   Hirasawa, Akira ^a   Susumu, Nobuyuki ^a   Aoki, Daisuke ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA mismatch repair gene; Endometrial cancer; HMLH1; HMSH6; HNPCC

Indexed keywords

MISMATCH REPAIR PROTEIN PMS2; PROTEIN MLH1; PROTEIN MSH2; PROTEIN MSH3; PROTEIN MSH6;

CARCINOGENESIS; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GERM LINE; HUMAN; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; REVIEW;

EID: 65949110839     PISSN: 13892029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138920209787847069     Document Type: Review

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