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Pathophysiology, clinical presentation, and management of colon cancer.
Gastroenterology clinics of North America - 1 Mar 2008
Cappell Mitchell S
Abstract excerpt
Colon cancer is believed to arise from two types of precursor polyps via two distinct pathways: conventional adenomas by the conventional adenoma-to-carcinoma sequence and serrated adenomas according to the serrated adenoma-to-carcinoma theory. Conventional adenomas arise from mutation of the APC gene; progression to colon cancer is a multistep process. The fundamental genetic defect in serrated adenomas is...
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