Genetic predisposition to colorectal cancer

Nature Reviews Cancer

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 769-780

  De La Chapelle, Albert ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALLELE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILIAL CANCER; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PENETRANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS COLI; BASE PAIR MISMATCH; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; DNA REPAIR; GENES, APC; GENES, DCC; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MUTATION; NEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES, HEREDITARY; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PENETRANCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 4944240144     PISSN: 1474175X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrc1453     Document Type: Review

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