A very low incidence of BRAF mutations in Middle Eastern colorectal carcinoma

Molecular Cancer

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Siraj, Abdul K ^a   Bu, Rong ^a   Prabhakaran, Sarita ^a   Bavi, Prashant ^a   Beg, Shaham ^a   Al Hazmi, Mohsen ^a   Al Rasheed, Maha ^a   Alobaisi, Khadija ^a   Al Dayel, Fouad ^a   AlManea, Hadeel ^a   Al Sanea, Nasser ^a   Uddin, Shahab ^a   Al Kuraya, Khawla S ^a,b  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ALFAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

BRAF mutation; Colorectal cancer; Hereditary non polyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) syndrome; KRAS mutation; Lynch Syndrome (LS); Microsatellite instability (MSI)

Indexed keywords

B RAF KINASE; K RAS PROTEIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; BRAF PROTEIN, HUMAN; MLH1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCING ADAPTOR PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC MARKER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SAUDI ARABIA; SOMATIC MUTATION; AGED; COLON POLYPOSIS; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; GENETICS; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS COLI; AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS B-RAF; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84903796445     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14764598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-4598-13-168     Document Type: Article

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