Field cancerization in the intestinal epithelium of patients with Crohn's ileocolitis.
BACKGROUND and AIMS: Tumors that develop in patients with Crohn's disease tend be multifocal, so field cancerization (the replacement of normal cells with nondysplastic but tumorigenic clones) might contribute to intestinal carcinogenesis. We investigated patterns of tumor development from pret...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2012
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