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Epigenetic events in the colorectum and in colon cancer
1 Aug 2005
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Colon cancers arise from benign neoplasms and evolve into adenocarcinomas through a stepwise histological progression sequence, proceeding from either adenomas or hyperplastic polyps/serrated adenomas. Genetic alterations have been associated with specific steps in this polyp-adenocarcinoma sequence and are believed to drive the histological progression of colon cancer. Recently, epigenetic alterations, which...
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