Implications of microRNAs in colorectal cancer development, diagnosis, prognosis, and therapeutics

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue NOV, 2011, Pages

  Zhai, Haiyan ^a   Ju, Jingfang ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Cancer stem cell; Colorectal cancer; EMT; MicroRNA; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869443764     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2011.00078     Document Type: Review

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