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Exploring molecular genetics of bladder cancer: lessons learned from mouse models.
Disease models & mechanisms - 1 May 2012
Ahmad Imran, Sansom Owen J, Leung Hing Y
Abstract excerpt
Urothelial cell carcinoma (UCC) of the bladder is one of the most common malignancies worldwide, causing considerable morbidity and mortality. It is unusual among the epithelial carcinomas because tumorigenesis can occur by two distinct pathways: low-grade, recurring papillary tumours usually contain oncogenic mutations in FGFR3 or HRAS, whereas high-grade, muscle-invasive tumours with metastatic potential...
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