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Frequent loss of heterozygosity on chromosome 14 occurs in advanced colorectal carcinomas.
Oncogene - 1 Mar 1993
Young J, Leggett B, Ward M, Thomas L, Buttenshaw R, Searle J, Chenevix-Trench G
Abstract excerpt
The current model for colorectal tumorigenesis defines four specific mutations (activation of a ras proto-oncogene and inactivation of the APC, p53 and DCC tumor-suppressor genes) that accumulate in a colonic epithelial cell as it progresses towards a carcinoma. However, further mutations must be needed for progression to malignancy because advanced adenomas have been observed with all four of these mutations....
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