Beta-catenin nuclear labeling is a common feature of sessile serrated adenomas and correlates with early neoplastic progression after BRAF activation.

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Published in Am J Surg Pathol on December 01, 2009

Authors

Shinichi Yachida1, Shiyama Mudali, Sherri A Martin, Elizabeth A Montgomery, Christine A Iacobuzio-Donahue

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA.

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