Aberrations in the mismatch repair genes and the clinical impact on oesophageal squamous carcinomas from a high incidence area in South Africa.
AIMS: To investigate the incidence of genetic aberrations in the DNA repair genes in a cohort of oesophageal cancers. METHODS: One hundred oesophagectomy samples of squamous cell carcinoma were studied. Normal and tumour DNA were isolated using a standard phenol/chloroform extraction procedure. Six...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2005
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