Microsatellite instability is inversely associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus in colorectal cancer.

<h4>Background</h4>Microsatellite instability (MSI) is a clonal change in the number of repeated DNA nucleotide units in microsatellites. High-frequency MSI (MSI-H) colorectal cancers (CRCs) are known to have different clinicopathological features compared with microsatellite stable (MSS...

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Main Authors: Yujiro Nakayama, Takeru Iijima, Rika Wakaume, Keiichi Takahashi, Hiroshi Matsumoto, Daisuke Nakano, Michiko Miyaki, Tatsuro Yamaguchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215513