Gastrointestinal stem cells and cancer: bridging the molecular gap.
Cancer is believed to be a disease involving stem cells. The digestive tract has a very high cancer prevalence partly owing to rapid epithelial cell turnover and exposure to dietary toxins. Work on the hereditary cancer syndromes including familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) has led to significant...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2005
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