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Should we invest in biological age predictors to treat colorectal cancer in older adults?
8 Nov 2019
Abstract excerpt
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a chronic disease of the old population with slow development progressing into clinical signs and symptoms. Biological aging is characterized by e.g. mitochondrial dysfunction and epigenetic alterations (e.g. methylation) - mechanisms that are also important in cancer development. For CRC, specific types of tumors are distinguishable by their methylation patterns and several detection...
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