Increased expression of cellular oncogenes has been linked to malignant-transformation. To investigate the role of oncogenes in the malignant transformation of colonic epithelium in ulcerative colitis, we compared the levels of ras oncogene protein …
Between 1946 and 1987, 647 patients with periampullary tumors were diagnosed at the University of Chicago Medical Center. These included 549 tumors located in the head of the pancreas, 40 in the distal common bile duct, 29 in the duodenum, and 29 at …
Ras oncogenes are a specific family of genes believed to play a role in malignant transformation and tumor growth in humans. To gain a better understanding of the role these oncogenes may play in malignant transformation, we evaluated the levels of a …