Molecular and cellular biology of premalignancy in the gastrointestinal tract

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 175-189

  Jass, Jeremy R ^a   Talbot, Ian C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adenoma; Colorectum; Dysplasia; Genetic instability; Methylation; Oncogenes; Polyposis; Tumour suppressor genes

Indexed keywords

APC PROTEIN; DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER THERAPY; CARCINOGENESIS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL PATHWAY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CYTOLOGY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISEASE MODEL; DNA METHYLATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; ONCOGENE K RAS; PRECANCER;

EID: 0034966852     PISSN: 15216918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/bega.2000.0168     Document Type: Article

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