Both K-ras and p53 gene mutations are found commonly in pancreatic tumors. Analysis of the mutational patterns may provide insight into disease etiology. To further describe the mutational patterns of pancreatic cancer and to assess the evidence to date, we performed a pooled analysis of the publish
Genetic alterations in human pancreatic cancer
โ Scribed by Murakami, Yoshinori
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 993 KB
- Volume
- 4
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0944-1166
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