Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the Wnt and BMP pathways and colorectal cancer risk in a Spanish cohort.

BACKGROUND: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is considered a complex disease, and thus the majority of the genetic susceptibility is thought to lie in the form of low-penetrance variants following a polygenic model of inheritance. Candidate-gene studies have so far been one of the basic approaches taken to i...

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Main Authors: Ceres Fernández-Rozadilla, Luisa de Castro, Juan Clofent, Alejandro Brea-Fernández, Xavier Bessa, Anna Abulí, Montserrat Andreu, Rodrigo Jover, Rosa Xicola, Xavier Llor, Antoni Castells, Sergi Castellví-Bel, Angel Carracedo, Clara Ruiz-Ponte, Gastrointestinal Oncology Group of the Spanish Gastroenterological Association
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2936577?pdf=render