Sessile serrated adenoma with early neoplastic progression: A clinicopathologic and molecular study

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 295-304

  Fujita, Kohei ^a   Yamamoto, Hidetaka ^a   Matsumoto, Takayuki ^a   Hirahashi, Minako ^a   Gushima, Masaki ^a   Kishimoto, Junji ^a   Nishiyama, Ken Ichi ^a   Taguchi, Tomoaki ^b   Yao, Takashi ^c   Oda, Yoshinao ^a  

^a NATIONAL KYUSHU CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

adenocarcinoma; BRAF; KRAS; PIK3CA; serratedneoplasia pathway; sessile serrated adenoma

Indexed keywords

B RAF KINASE; BETA CATENIN; BRAF PROTEIN, HUMAN; CTNNB1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL TRANSFORMATION; COLLOID CARCINOMA; COLON POLYP; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOLOGY; PRECANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BETA CATENIN; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; COLONIC POLYPS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS B-RAF; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251566171     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e318205df36     Document Type: Article

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