Microsatellite instability in medullary carcinoma of the colon

Medullary carcinoma (MC) of the large intestine is a relatively new histological type of adenocarcinoma characterized by poor glandular differentiation and an intraepithelial lymphocytic infiltrate. MC can be associated to a defective mechanism for DNA mismatch repair, caused by the so-called micros...

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Main Authors: Mario Martinotti, Fernando Cirillo, Marco Ungari, Giulia Tanzi, Giovanni Rolando, Antonio Tarasconi, Valerio Ranieri, Paolo Aulisa, Marco Vismarra, Massimo Rovatti, Monica Trombatore
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2017-03-01
Series:Rare Tumors
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Online Access:http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/rt/article/view/6541