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Gastrointestinal Cancer

Ki-ras gene mutations are invariably present in low-grade mucinous tumors of the vermiform appendix

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Pages 869-874 | Received 04 Jan 2011, Accepted 10 Feb 2011, Published online: 28 Mar 2011

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