Genetics of colorectal cancer: hereditary aspects and overview of colorectal tumorigenesis.

Familial adenomatous polyposis and hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer are dominantly inherited conditions with 100% and 80% life-time risk of developing colorectal cancer, respectively. The genetic mutations responsible for these two conditions lie in the adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) and...

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Main Authors: Fearnhead, N, Wilding, J, Bodmer, W
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2002

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