Relevance, Pathogenesis, and Testing Algorithm for Mismatch Repair–Defective Colorectal Carcinomas

The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics - Tập 14 - Trang 91-103 - 2012
William K. Funkhouser1,2, Ira M. Lubin1,3, Federico A. Monzon1,4, Barbara A. Zehnbauer3, James P. Evans5, Shuji Ogino6, Jan A. Nowak7
1Mismatch Repair–Defective CRC Working Group of the Association for Molecular Pathology Clinical Practice Committee, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
2Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
3Division of Laboratory Science and Standards, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
4Department of Pathology, Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas
5Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
6Department of Pathology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, the Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, the Cancer Epidemiology Program, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Harvard Cancer Center, Boston, Massachusetts
7NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, Illinois

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