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CpG Island Methylation in Precursors of Gastrointestinal Malignancies
27 May 2006
Abstract excerpt
Gastrointestinal malignancies account for about 20% of all cancers worldwide. It is widely accepted that cancer evolves through several stepwise morphological stages such as the adenoma-carcinoma and hyperplastic polyp-serrated adenoma-carcinoma sequences in colorectal cancers, and the metaplasia-dysplasia-carcinoma sequences in esophageal and gastric cancers. The morphological progression is associated with the...
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