[PDF] Top 20 The prognostic value of BRAF mutation in colorectal cancer and melanoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

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... Colorectal cancer (CRC) carcinogenesis is a multistep process in which different pathways are involved, among which microsatellite instability (MSI) is important ...to cancer development ... See full document

... determine the proportion of cases showing up-regulation of BLCAP with neoplastic transformation, we performed additional quantitative IHC analysis of only the matched pairs ... See full document

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