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Genetics and Colon Cancer

Reports on Genetics and Colon Cancer Findings from N.P. Zauber and Co-Researchers Provide New Insights

Published in Women's Health Weekly, February 24th, 2011

2011 FEB 24 -- "Molecular genetic changes in endometrial cancers are important to identify possible family cancer syndromes and thus, to facilitate appropriate screening. Most studies in this regard have focused primarily on young women," researchers in the United States report.

"We have assayed cancers for microsatellite instability (MSI) and DNA methylation from a large group of patients younger than 50 years and a comparable group of older women. We obtained personal and medical histories of the patients and their family cancer histories. The Bethesda panel of markers was used for the detection of MSI. Methylation status of mismatch repair genes was...

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