Article
Intratumor genetic heterogeneity in advanced human colorectal adenocarcinoma.
International journal of cancer - 1 Aug 2001
Baisse B, Bouzourene H, Saraga E P, Bosman F T, Benhattar J
Abstract excerpt
Colorectal carcinogenesis is widely accepted as one of the best-characterized examples of stepwise progression. The existing colorectal carcinogenesis model assumes genetic homogeneity of individual tumors for the main known genetic alterations: K-ras and p53 genes point mutations and loss of heterozygosity (LOH) of chromosome 5q and 18q. The object of the present study was to demonstrate the existence of an...
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