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Genetics of hepatobiliary carcinogenesis.
Seminars in liver disease - 1 May 2011
Nault Jean-Charles, Zucman-Rossi Jessica
Abstract excerpt
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and cholangiocarcinoma (CC) are two leading causes of cancer death in the world. Liver carcinogenesis is driven by genetic alterations in combination with viral and environmental factors. β-catenin and P53 mutations represent the two main genetic alterations described in HCC, and P53 and KRAS mutations in CC, but rare genetic alterations could be particularly valuable if they...
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