Microsatellite instability correlates with antrally located intestinal-type carcinoma, with little metastatic tendency and a better prognosis; microsatellite instability frequently involves the TGF beta RII, IGF II R genes or the BAX proapoptotic gene, in as much as these contain microsatellite sequences; 3) alterations of E-cadherin, both with regards to mutations and abnormal expression.
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Microsatellite Instability