Solid-type poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma of the stomach: clinicopathological and molecular characteristics and histogenesis

ConclusionsThese results suggest that MSI-positive solid-type PDA has peculiar clinicopathological features and that MSI with absent MLH1 and PMS2 expression may play an important role in tumor development. In addition, from the viewpoint of histogenesis, MSI-positive solid-type PDA may originate from differentiated-type adenocarcinoma.
Source: Gastric Cancer - Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: research