Many colorectal cancers are "flat" clonal expansions

Cell Cycle

Volumn 8, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 2187-2193

  Siegmund, Kimberly D ^a   Marjoram, Paul ^a   Tavaré, Simon ^b,c   Shibata, Darryl ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer stem cells; Clonal evolution; Gompertzian; Methylation; Tumor progression

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; CANCER CELL; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STEM CELL; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL COUNT; CELL LINEAGE; CELL POPULATION; CLONE; COLORECTAL CANCER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; METHYLATION; POPULATION GENETICS; REVIEW; SOMATIC CELL;

EID: 68049102123     PISSN: 15384101     EISSN: 15514005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cc.8.14.9151     Document Type: Review

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