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Inflammation and colon cancer.
Gastroenterology - 1 Jun 2010
Terzić Janos, Grivennikov Sergei, Karin Eliad, Karin Michael
Abstract excerpt
The connection between inflammation and tumorigenesis is well-established and in the last decade has received a great deal of supporting evidence from genetic, pharmacological, and epidemiological data. Inflammatory bowel disease is an important risk factor for the development of colon cancer. Inflammation is also likely to be involved with other forms of sporadic as well as heritable colon cancer. The molecular...
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