Genetics and Colon Cancer
New genetics and colon cancer findings from R.P. Brosens and co-authors described
Published in Cancer Weekly, December 21st, 2010
2010 DEC 21 -- Fresh data on genetics and colon cancer are presented in the report 'Deletion of chromosome 4q predicts outcome in stage II colon cancer patients.' According to a study from Amsterdam, Netherlands, "Around 30% of all stage II colon cancer patients will relapse and die of their disease. At present no objective parameters to identify high-risk stage II colon cancer patients, who will benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy, have been established."
"With traditional histopathological features definition of high-risk stage II colon cancer patients is inaccurate. Therefore more objective and robust markers for prediction of relapse are needed. DNA copy...
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