title: Involvement of chromosome 5 in large bowel cancer.
abstract: We present here 3 of 30 cases of large bowel cancer cytogenetically studied, with deletion of chromosome 5. One of them presented a terminal deletion and the other two an interstitial deletion of chromosome 5q. In all three cases the segment 5q12-22 was deleted. Our findings may show that the segment 5q12-22 is important for a subgroup of colorectal cancers.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Internal Medicine, Propaedeutic of Athens University, Evangelismos Hospital, Greece.
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Panani
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ferti-Passantonopoulou
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Raptis
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000235:genetics*; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations / Q000235:genetics*; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D025063:Chromosome Disorders; D002895:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans