Researchers identify the initial steps in colorectal cancer formation
Research led by Weill Cornell Medicine provides new evidence that most colorectal cancers begin with the loss of intestinal stem cells, even before cancer-causing genetic alterations appear. The results, published on May 29 in Developmental Cell, overturn the prevailing theory for colorectal tumor initiation and suggest new ways to diagnose the disease before it has a chance to become established.
Jorge Moscat Maria Diaz Meco Hiroto Kinoshita Anxo Martinez Moscat Lab Meyer Cancer Center At Weill Cornell Medicine
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