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Molecular biology in colorectal cancer.
Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico - 1 Jun 2006
Benito Manuel, Díaz-Rubio Eduardo
Abstract excerpt
Cancer is a genetic disease. Colorectal cancer is probably the type of cancer for which the most is known about the genes affected by cancer-causing mutations, their normal functions and their carcinogenic effects when mutated. Most cancer-causing mutations are somatic, occurring in the affected tissue during the course of carcinogenesis. However, most cancers also have a hereditary component that is caused by...
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