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DNA repair mechanisms in colorectal carcinogenesis.
Current molecular medicine - 1 Mar 2012
Michailidi C, Papavassiliou A G, Troungos C
Abstract excerpt
Colon cancer is among the most common cancers and the third cause of cancer deaths worldwide. If detected at an early stage, treatment might often lead to cure. The present review adduces the so far studied alterations in the expression of genes, as well as polymorphisms of genes engaged in DNA repair systems, with particular emphasis on indirect ones that are correlated with colorectal cancer. Such aberrations...
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