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Colorectal carcinoma with special reference to growth pattern classifications: clinicopathologic characteristics and genetic changes.
Journal of gastroenterology - 1 Jan 2002
Kurahashi Toshinori, Kaneko Kazuhiro, Makino Reiko, Mitamura Keiji
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BACKGROUND: Many colorectal carcinomas are known to develop from preexisting polypoid adenomas; however, they can also develop from so-called "flat adenomas". To elucidate the growth patterns of flat- or depressed-derived colorectal carcinomas, we investigated the clinicopathologic characteristics and genetic changes of invasive carcinomas. METHODS: Seventy-five colorectal carcinomas were classified into three...
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