Integrative analysis of hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer: the contribution of allele-specific expression and other assays to diagnostic algorithms.

The identification of germline variants predisposing to hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) is crucial for clinical management of carriers, but several probands remain negative for such variants or bear variants of uncertain significance (VUS). Here we describe the results of integrati...

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Main Authors: Laura De Lellis, Gitana Maria Aceto, Maria Cristina Curia, Teresa Catalano, Sandra Mammarella, Serena Veschi, Fabiana Fantini, Pasquale Battista, Vittoria Stigliano, Luca Messerini, Cristina Mareni, Paola Sala, Lucio Bertario, Paolo Radice, Alessandro Cama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3835792?pdf=render