Early-onset colorectal cancer: A separate subset of colorectal cancer

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 20, Issue 46, 2014, Pages 17288-17296

  Silla, Irene Osorio ^a   Rueda, Daniel ^a   Rodríguez, Yolanda ^a   García, Juan Luis ^b   De La Cruz Vigo, Felipe ^a   Perea, José ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chromosomal instability; CpG island meth ylator phenotype; Early onset colorectal cancer; Lynch syndrome; Microsatellite instability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CARCINOGENESIS; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CPG ISLAND; EARLY CANCER; EARLY ONSET COLORECTAL CANCER; HUMAN; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; ONSET AGE; PHENOTYPE; CANCER STAGING; CLASSIFICATION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DISEASE COURSE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PEDIGREE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK FACTOR;

TUMOR MARKER;

BIOMARKERS, TUMOR; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NEOPLASM STAGING; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84918585451     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i46.17288     Document Type: Article

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