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ReviewCancer cell international2020

Microsatellite instability: a review of what the oncologist should know.

Kai Li, Haiqing Luo, Lianfang Huang, Hui Luo, Xiao Zhu

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Review in Cancer cell international, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 307 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

307 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Kai Li *1Guangdong Key Laboratory for Research and Development of Natural Drugs, Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang, 524023 China.
Haiqing Luo *3Cancer Center, The Affiliated Hospital, Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang, 524023 China.
Lianfang Huang1Guangdong Key Laboratory for Research and Development of Natural Drugs, Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang, 524023 China.
Hui Luo2The Marine Biomedical Research Institute, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory Zhanjiang, Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang, 524023 China.
Xiao Zhu1Guangdong Key Laboratory for Research and Development of Natural Drugs, Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang, 524023 China.ORCID 0000-0002-1737-3386

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The patients with high microsatellite instability (MSI-H)/mismatch repair deficient (dMMR) tumors recently have been reported that can benefit from immunotherapy, and MSI can be used as a genetic instability of a tumor detection index. However, many studies have shown that there are many heterogeneous phenomena in patients with MSI tumors in terms of immunotherapy, prognosis and chemotherapy sensitivity. Here we mainly review the research results of MSI detection methods, the mechanisms of MSI occurrence and its relationship with related tumors, aiming to make a brief analysis of the current research status of MSI and provide comparable reference and guidance value for further research in this field.

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CancerMicrosatellite DNAMSIMSI-H/dMMR

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PMID31956294
PMCPMC6958913

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