Mutations in the RAS/RAF/MAP kinase pathway commonly occur in gallbladder adenomas but are uncommon in gallbladder adenocarcinomas

Applied Immunohistochemistry and Molecular Morphology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 133-140

  Pai, Reetesh K ^b   Pai, Rish K ^a   Mojtahed, Kaveh ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

BRAF; gallbladder adenocarcinoma; Gallbladder adenoma; KRAS; pyloric gland adenoma

Indexed keywords

B RAF KINASE; MISMATCH REPAIR PROTEIN; MISMATCH REPAIR PROTEIN PMS2; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN MLH1; PROTEIN MSH2; PROTEIN MSH6; RAF PROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CODON; DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER ADENOMA; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; GALLBLADDER TUMOR; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; INTESTINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; ONCOGENE RAS; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYLORUS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOMA; AGED; DNA MISMATCH REPAIR; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MUTATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS B-RAF; RAS PROTEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79951937725     PISSN: 15412016     EISSN: 15334058     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAI.0b013e3181f09179     Document Type: Article

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