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Mismatch Repair Deficiency, Microsatellite Instability, and Survival
Author(s) -
Elizabeth Smyth,
Andrew Wotherspoon,
Clare Peckitt,
David González,
Sanna Hulkki-Wilson,
Zakaria Eltahir,
Matteo Fassan,
Massimo Rugge,
Nicola Valeri,
Alicia Okines,
Madeleine Hewish,
William Allum,
Sally Stenning,
Matthew Nankivell,
Ruth E. Langley,
David Cunningham
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
jama oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 8.846
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2374-2445
pISSN - 2374-2437
DOI - 10.1001/jamaoncol.2016.6762
Subject(s) - microsatellite instability , medicine , epirubicin , oncology , perioperative , cancer , chemotherapy , dna mismatch repair , colorectal cancer , gastroenterology , surgery , allele , breast cancer , microsatellite , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
Mismatch repair (MMR) deficiency (MMRD) and microsatellite instability (MSI) are prognostic for survival in many cancers and for resistance to fluoropyrimidines in early colon cancer. However, the effect of MMRD and MSI in curatively resected gastric cancer treated with perioperative chemotherapy is unknown.

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