Deficient mismatch repair: Read all about it (Review)

International Journal of Oncology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1189-1202

  Richman, Susan ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deficient mismatch repair; Lynch syndrome; Microsatellite instability; Predictive; Prognostic

Indexed keywords

MISMATCH REPAIR PROTEIN;

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS COLORECTAL CANCER; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOMA; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MISMATCH REPAIR; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; OVARY CANCER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STOMACH CANCER; ANIMAL; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; NEOPLASM; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; DNA MISMATCH REPAIR; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84941010087     PISSN: 10196439     EISSN: 17912423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijo.2015.3119     Document Type: Review

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