Search Results - "Smyrk, Tom"
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Human colon cancer profiles show differential microRNA expression depending on mismatch repair status and are characteristic of undifferentiated proliferative states
Published in BMC cancer (18-11-2009)“…Colon cancer arises from the accumulation of multiple genetic and epigenetic alterations to normal colonic tissue. microRNAs (miRNAs) are small, non-coding…”
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Pathology Features in Bethesda Guidelines Predict Colorectal Cancer Microsatellite Instability: A Population-Based Study
Published in Gastroenterology (New York, N.Y. 1943) (01-07-2007)“…Background & Aims: The revised Bethesda guidelines for Lynch syndrome recommend microsatellite instability (MSI) testing all colorectal cancers in patients…”
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Adequacy of Endoscopic Ultrasound Core Needle Biopsy Specimen of Nonmalignant Hepatic Parenchymal Disease
Published in Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology (01-12-2008)“…Background & Aims The adequacy and diagnostic yield of hepatic parenchymal disease Trucut biopsy have not been determined. Therefore, our aim was to determine…”
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Multiple jejunal cancers resulting from combination of germline APC and MLH1 mutations
Published in Familial cancer (01-12-2012)“…Double heterozygotes for mutations in APC and a DNA mismatch repair gene are extremely rare. We report on an individual who had truncating mutations in APC and…”
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Colorectal carcinoma survival among hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal carcinoma family members
Published in Cancer (15-07-1998)“…BACKGROUND Patients with hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal carcinoma (HNPCC) reportedly have better prognoses than sporadic colorectal carcinoma (CRC)…”
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NSAID enteropathy: appearance at CT and MR enterography in the age of multi-modality imaging and treatment
Published in Abdominal imaging (01-06-2015)“…CT and MR enterography and capsule endoscopy are increasingly used as routine diagnostic tests for patients with potential small bowel disorders and obscure…”
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Genomic sequencing of DPC4 in the analysis of familial pancreatic carcinoma
Published in Diagnostic molecular pathology (01-04-1997)“…A first-degree relative with pancreatic cancer is found in 5% to 10% of patients with pancreatic carcinomas, suggesting an inherited predisposition for this…”
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The pathogen recognition receptor NOD2 regulates human FOXP3+ T cell survival
Published in The Journal of immunology (1950) (15-06-2010)“…The expression of pathogen recognition receptors in human FOXP3+ T regulatory cells is established, yet the function of these receptors is currently obscure…”
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Natural history of colorectal cancer in hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (Lynch syndromes I and II)
Published in Diseases of the colon & rectum (01-06-1988)“…Approximately 5 to 6 percent of the total colorectal cancer burden is accounted for by hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC). Because clinical…”
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Differential diagnosis of hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (Lynch syndrome I and Lynch syndrome II)
Published in Diseases of the colon & rectum (01-05-1988)“…Increasing recognition of the statistical burden posed by HNPCC (5 to 6 percent of all colorectal cancer) mandates that physicians have a better understanding…”
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Mismatch repair genes on chromosomes 2p and 3p account for a major share of hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer families evaluable by linkage
Published in American journal of human genetics (01-10-1994)“…Two susceptibility loci for hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) have been identified, and each contains a mismatch repair gene: MSH2 on…”
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Gastric acid blockade with omeprazole promotes gastric carcinogenesis induced by duodenogastric reflux
Published in Digestive diseases and sciences (01-06-1999)“…Duodenogastric reflux (DGR) in rats causes growth stimulation of the foregut mucosa that is potentiated by gastric acid blockade. It was the aim of this study…”
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Experimental and clinical results with proximal end-to-end duodenojejunostomy for pathologic duodenogastric reflux
Published in Annals of surgery (01-10-1987)“…Existing Roux-en-Y bile diversion procedures for duodenogastric reflux coupled with distal gastric resection or antrectomy and vagotomy have varied success due…”
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A new intraluminal antigastroesophageal reflux procedure in baboons
Published in Gastrointestinal endoscopy (01-03-1997)“…Background: A new endoscopic intraluminal procedure (valvuloplasty) was designed to provide a simple, easy approach to the cardia and to correct and augment…”
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Duodenogastric reflux causes growth stimulation of foregut mucosa potentiated by gastric acid blockade
Published in Digestive diseases and sciences (01-11-1996)“…We investigated whether duodenogastric reflux (DGR) together with gastroesophageal reflux causes growth stimulation of the foregut mucosa and if additional…”
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Novel germline p16INK4 allele (Asp145Cys) in a family with multiple pancreatic carcinomas
Published in Human mutation (1998)“…As part of a search for causative genes of familial pancreatic carcinoma, the p16 genes were sequenced in members of 21 families with a phenotype of familial…”
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Novel germline p16 [sup]INK4 allele (Asp145Cys) in a family with multiple pancreatic carcinomas
Published in Human mutation (01-01-1998)“…As part of a search for causative genes of familial pancreatic carcinoma, the p16 genes were sequenced in members of 21 families with a phenotype of familial…”
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Flat adenomas in a colon cancer-prone kindred
Published in JNCI : Journal of the National Cancer Institute (20-04-1988)“…We describe new pathologic findings in a hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer family. Affected family members developed multiple small adenomas with…”
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Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer--Lynch syndromes I and II
Published in Gastroenterology clinics of North America (01-12-1988)“…HNPCC is an autosomal dominantly inherited disorder with proclivity to early onset colorectal cancer in the absence of multiple polyps of the colon. There is a…”
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Laryngeal carcinoma in a Lynch syndrome II kindred
Published in Cancer (01-09-1988)“…Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) accounts for about 4% to 6% of the total colorectal cancer burden. It is subdivided into Lynch syndrome I and…”
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