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APC, signal transduction and genetic instability in colorectal cancer.
Nature reviews. Cancer - 1 Oct 2001
Fodde R, Smits R, Clevers H
Abstract excerpt
Colorectal cancer arises through a gradual series of histological changes, each of which is accompanied by a specific genetic alteration. In general, an intestinal cell needs to comply with two essential requirements to develop into a cancer: it must acquire selective advantage to allow for the initial clonal expansion, and genetic instability to allow for multiple hits in other genes that are responsible for...
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