title: Microsatellite instability: impact on cancer progression in proximal and distal colorectal cancers.
authors.forename: T C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Smyrk
authors.forename: H T
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Lynch
mesh_terms: D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics*; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*