Detection of proximal colorectal cancers through analysis of faecal DNA

Lancet

Volumn 359, Issue 9304, 2002, Pages 403-404

  Traverso, Giovanni ^a   Shuber, Anthony ^d   Olsson, Louise ^b   Levin, Bernard ^c   Johnson, Constance ^c   Hamilton, Stanley R ^c   Boynton, Kevin ^d   Kinzler, Kenneth W ^a   Vogelstein, Bert ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d Exact Sciences Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 0037006377     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(02)07591-8     Document Type: Article

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