Genomic characterization of colitis-associated colorectal cancer

Abstract Background Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which includes ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn’s disease (CD), is a chronic, idiopathic, repeated inflammatory disease. Colorectal cancer (CRC) that develops in patients with IBD is known as colitis-associated colorectal cancer (CAC), but the u...

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Main Authors: Hitoshi Kameyama, Masayuki Nagahashi, Yoshifumi Shimada, Yosuke Tajima, Hiroshi Ichikawa, Masato Nakano, Jun Sakata, Takashi Kobayashi, Sumana Narayanan, Kazuaki Takabe, Toshifumi Wakai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-07-01
Series:World Journal of Surgical Oncology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12957-018-1428-0