CDX2 mutations do not account for juvenile polyposis or Peutz-Jeghers syndrome and occur infrequently in sporadic colorectal cancers.
Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS) and juvenile polyposis (JPS) are both characterized by the presence of hamartomatous polyps and increased risk of malignancy in the gastrointestinal tract. Mutations of the LKB1 and SMAD4 genes have been shown recently to cause a number of PJS and JPS cases respectively,...
Main Authors: | Woodford-Richens, K, Halford, S, Rowan, A, Bevan, S, Aaltonen, L, Wasan, H, Bicknell, D, Bodmer, W, Houlston, R, Tomlinson, I |
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
2001
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