Background Several associations between microsatellite instability (MSI) and other
clinicopathological factors have been reported in gastric cancer, but the results have been …

Carcinoma of the stomach is still the second most common cause of cancer death
worldwide, although the incidence and mortality have fallen dramatically over the last 50 …

Gastric cancer remains one of the deadly diseases with poor prognosis. New classification
of gastric cancers based on histologic features, genotypes and molecular phenotypes helps …

PURPOSE: To compare microsatellite instability (MSI) testing with immunohistochemical
(IHC) detection of hMLH1 and hMSH2 in colorectal cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS …

Background & Aims: The microsatellite instability (MSI) phenotype is a characteristic of the
hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer syndrome as well as approximately 15% of …

Because the discovery of a link between mismatch repair deficiency and sporadic or
inherited human cancers characterized by microsatellite instability (MSI-H tumors), genes …

Determining whether a tumor exhibits microsatellite instability (MSI) is useful in identifying
patients with hereditary non‐polyposis colorectal cancer and sporadic gastrointestinal …

Gastric cancer is an aggressive disease often diagnosed at an advanced stage. Despite
improvements in surgical and adjuvant treatment approaches, gastric cancer remains a …

Purpose Human gastrointestinal tumors with inactivated DNA mismatch repair system
(microsatellite instability [MSI] tumors) have distinct molecular and clinicopathologic profiles …

Introduction. Gastric cancer is the fifth most common cancer and the third cause of cancer
death. The clinical outcomes of the patients are still not encouraging with a low rate of 5 …