Distinct molecular features of colorectal cancer in ghana

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 556-561

  Raskin, Leon ^a   Dakubo, Jonathan C B ^b   Palaski, Nicole ^c   Greenson, Joel K ^c   Gruber, Stephen B ^d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

BRAF; Colorectal cancer; Ghana; Microsatellite instability; MSI; West Africa

Indexed keywords

B RAF KINASE; K RAS PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER TISSUE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CODON; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GHANA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MISMATCH REPAIR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BRAF; COLORECTAL CANCER; GHANA; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MSI; WEST AFRICA;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DNA MISMATCH REPAIR; DNA, NEOPLASM; EXONS; FEMALE; GENES, RAS; GHANA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS B-RAF;

EID: 84884165173     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: 1877783X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2013.07.007     Document Type: Article

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