## Abstract We report the cytogenetic study of 9 colorectal tumors arising in patients with hereditary non‐polyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC). According to the cytogenetic classification of colorectal tumors previously proposed by us, 2 cases were of the trisomic type, 2 were of the monosomic type
Tumorigenesis in colorectal tumors from patients with hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer
✍ Scribed by P. Tannergård; T. Liu; Adolf Weger; Magnus Nordenskjöld; A. Lindblom
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 52 KB
- Volume
- 101
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-6717
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