Frequent microsatellite instability and mismatch repair gene mutations in young Chinese patients with colorectal cancer.
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- 21 July 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
- Vol. 91 (14) , 1221-1226
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/91.14.1221
Abstract
The incidence of colorectal cancer in persons under 46 years of age is substantially higher in Hong Kong than in Scotland and many other countries. Consequently, we examined whether there is a hereditary predisposition for colorectal cancer in this Southern Chinese population.Keywords
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