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Lymph Node Metastases in Colon Cancer Are Polyclonal.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 1 May 2018
Ulintz Peter J, Greenson Joel K, Wu Rong, Fearon Eric R, Hardiman Karin M
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Purpose: Recent studies have highlighted the existence of subclones in tumors. Lymph nodes are generally the first location of metastasis for most solid epithelial tumors, including colorectal cancer. We sought to understand the genetic origin of lymph node metastasis in colorectal cancer by evaluating the relationship between colorectal cancer subclones present in primary tumors and lymph nodes.Experimental...
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