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Title:Microsatellite instability in colorectal cancer
Authors:ID Horvat, Matej (Author)
ID Štabuc, Borut (Author)
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Language:English
Typology:1.02 - Review Article
Organization:Logo OI - Institute of Oncology
Abstract:Background. Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer in the world. In 75% CRC develops sporadically, in 25% hereditary or as a consequenceof inflammatory bowel disease. CRC carcinogenesis develops over many years. The cause of CRC in 85% is chromosomal instability (CIN) and in 15% microsatellite instability (MSI-H), where hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) represents 10-20%. Microsatellite sequences (MS) arerepeated sequences of short stretches of DNA all over the genome. Microsatellite stability (MSS) means MS are the same in each cell of an individual, whereas microsatellite instability (MSI-H) means MS differ in normal and cancer cells of an individual. The cause of MSI-H is a damaged mismatch repair mechanism (MMR), with the most important MMR proteins being MSH2, MLH1 and MSH6. Conclusions. MSI-H seems to be an important prognostic factor in CRC and an important predictive factor of CRC chemotherapeutic treatment efficacy. Clinical trials conducted until now have shown contradictory findings in different chemotherapeutic settings, adjuvant and palliative; therefore MSI-H is going to be the object of the future research. The future of cancer treatment is in the individualized therapy based on molecular characteristics of the tumour, such as MSI-H in CRC.
Publication status:Published
Publication version:Version of Record
Publication date:01.06.2011
Publisher:Association of Radiology and Oncology
Year of publishing:2011
Number of pages:str. 75-81
Numbering:Vol. 45, no. 2
Source:Ljubljana
PID:20.500.12556/DiRROS-18472 New window
UDC:616-006
ISSN on article:1318-2099
COBISS.SI-ID:28532697 New window
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Publication date in DiRROS:19.03.2024
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Title:Radiology and oncology
Shortened title:Radiol. oncol.
Publisher:Slovenian Medical Society - Section of Radiology, Croatian Medical Association - Croatian Society of Radiology
ISSN:1318-2099
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