Patterns of K-ras mutation in colorectal carcinomas from Iran and Italy (a Gruppo Oncologico dell'Italia Meridionale study): influence of microsatellite instability status and country of origin

Patterns of K-ras mutation in colorectal carcinomas from Iran and Italy (a Gruppo Oncologico dell’Italia Meridionale study): influence of microsatellite instability status and country of origin F. Bishehsari , M. Mahdavinia , R. Malekzadeh, F. Verginelli, T. Catalano, M. Sotoudeh, V. Bazan, V. Agnese, D. L. Esposito, L. De Lellis, D. Semeraro, G. Colucci, M. Hormazdi, N. Rakhshani, A. Cama, M. Piantelli, S. Iacobelli, A. Russo & R. Mariani-Costantini* Department of Oncology and Neurosciences, University G. d’Annunzio, and Center of Excellence on Aging (CeSI), G. d’Annunzio University Foundation, Chieti, Italy; Digestive Disease Research Center (DDRC), Department of Pathology, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Department of Experimental Pathology and Microbiology, University of Messina, Messina; Department of Oncology, Universita’ di Palermo, Palermo; Division of Medical Oncology, National Institute of Oncology, Bari, Italy; Department of Pathology, Mehr Hospital, Tehran, Iran