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Associations between markers of colorectal cancer stem cells and adenomas among ethnic groups.
Digestive diseases and sciences - 1 Sept 2012
Leavell Bonita J, Van Buren Eric, Antaki Fadi, Axelrod Bradley N, Rambus Mary Ann, Majumdar Adhip P N
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSES: Most colorectal tumors develop from adenomatous polyps, which are detected by colonoscopy. African Americans (AAs) have higher incidence of colorectal cancer (CRC) and greater mortality from this disease than Caucasian Americans (CAs). We investigated whether differences in predisposition to CRC and its surrogate (colonic adenomas) between these ethnic groups were related to numbers of...
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