Published in Cancer Weekly, April 14th, 2009
"Microsatellite instability (MSI) is frequently observed in human tumors. MSI assays are now prevalent and regarded as commonplace. However, several technical problems have been left unsolved in the conventional assay technique. Indeed, the reported frequencies of MSI differ widely in each malignancy. An example is pancreatic cancer. Using a unique fluorescent technique, we found that MSI is extremely infrequent in this malignancy, despite the relatively high frequencies in some...
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Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-04-14)
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