Low-level microsatellite instability occurs in most colorectal cancers and is a nonrandomly distributed quantitative trait.
About 10-15% of colorectal cancers show high-level microsatellite instability. The characteristics and very existence of low-level instability (MSI-L) are unclear, although some studies have found associations between MSI-L and molecular characteristics, notably more frequent K-ras mutations and a l...
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Format: | Journal article |
Jezik: | English |
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2002
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