Article
[Two colons--two cancers? Proximal or distal adenocarcinoma: arguments for a different carcinogenesis].
Bulletin du cancer - 1 Jan 1995
Pocard M, Salmon R J, Muleris M, Remvikos Y, Bara J, Dutrillaux B, Poupon M F
Abstract excerpt
The purpose of this review is to study the literature concerning normal colon and colorectal cancer for evidencing that the location of the primary proximal or distal tumor may determine two categories of carcinogenesis. The proximal or distal normal colon can be considered as two different organ...
Topics
- Adenocarcinoma
- Adult
- Age Factors
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Chromosome Aberrations
- Chromosome Mapping
- Colon
- Colonic Neoplasms
- DNA, Satellite
- Genetic Markers
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- Mutation
- Neoplasms, Multiple Primary
- Sex Factors
