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Four molecular subtypes of colorectal cancer and their precursor lesions.
Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine - 1 Jun 2011
Kang Gyeong Hoon
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CONTEXT: In addition to chromosomal instability and microsatellite instability (MSI), a third pathway, epigenetic instability, has been implicated in progression to colorectal carcinogenesis. CpG island methylator phenotype (CIMP) refers to a subset of colorectal cancers (CRCs) that occur through the epigenetic instability pathway and that are characterized by widespread hypermethylation of promoter CpG island...
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