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Colon polyps: a damaged developmental system and a precursor to cancer.
Cytogenetics and cell genetics - 1 Jan 1999
White R L
Abstract excerpt
The observation that the attenuated form of adenomatous polyposis coli (AAPC) has a different mutational spectrum in both the adenomatous polyp and the carcinoma than the classical form of APC has led to the hypothesis that AAPC alleles retain some residual APC activity associated with a greatly reduced number of polyps. It is suggested that further progression to carcinoma may be dependent upon either loss of...
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