Molecular biology of colorectal cancer and clinical consequences for colorectal cancer syndromes

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 383, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 389-396

  Hahn, M ^a   Koufaki, O N ^a   Schackert, H K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer; Colorectal; Diagnosis; Hereditary; Molecular

Indexed keywords

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; FAMILIAL CANCER; GENE ISOLATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS COLI; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; GENES, TUMOR SUPPRESSOR; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MUTATION; ONCOGENES;

EID: 0032423666     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004230050150     Document Type: Review

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