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[Basic molecular biology of colon and rectal carcinoma--when differential diagnosis?].
Langenbecks Archiv fur Chirurgie. Supplement. Kongressband. Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Chirurgie. Kongress - 1 Jan 1998
Schackert H K, Kruppa C, Hahn M
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Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common cancers in Western populations, striking both women and men at approximately equal rates. A genetic basis for the development of cancer has already been suggested by Karl Heinrich Bauer in 1928 but only since the advancement of molecular biology direct evidence has been obtained to support the notion that cancer is a genetic disease. Recent progress in our...
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