Relationship between telomere shortening, genetic instability, and site of tumour origin in colorectal cancers

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 102, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1300-1305

  Rampazzo, E ^a   Bertorelle, R ^b   Serra, L ^a   Terrin, L ^a,b   Candiotto, C ^b   Pucciarelli, S ^a   Bianco, P Del ^b   Nitti, D ^a   De Rossi, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b VENETO INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY IOV IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

CRC; Genetic instability; Telomere

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN P53;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER TISSUE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CHROMOSOME; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC STABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MISMATCH REPAIR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM TUMOR; TELOMERE; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

EID: 77950790383     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605644     Document Type: Article

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