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Mathematical model of colitis-associated colon cancer.
Journal of theoretical biology - 21 Jan 2013
Lo Wing-Cheong, Martin Edward W, Hitchcock Charles L, Friedman Avner
Abstract excerpt
As a result of chronic inflammation of their colon, patients with ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease are at risk of developing colon cancer. In this paper, we consider the progression of colitis-associated colon cancer. Unlike normal colon mucosa, the inflammed colon mucosa undergoes genetic mutations, affecting, in particular, tumor suppressors TP53 and adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) gene. We develop a...
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