[Genes, heredity and colorectal cancer].

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[Genes, heredity and colorectal cancer].

La Revue du praticien - 15 Dec 1994

Velu T, Ravelingien N, Parma J, Pector J C

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All cancers result from the accumulation of mutations of proto-oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes. Sporadic and familial colorectal cancers result from the accumulation of the following genes, in a relatively stereotyped chronological order: the tumor suppressor gene apc whose mutations are res...

Topics

Chromosome Deletion
Colorectal Neoplasms
Genes, Tumor Suppressor
Humans
Mutation
Proto-Oncogene Mas
Proto-Oncogenes

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