## Abstract ## BACKGROUND Telomere maintenance has been proposed as an essential step for tumor cell immortalization. The objectives of the current study were to investigate the mechanisms implicated in telomere length in colorectal carcinoma (CRC) and to evaluate the prognostic impact of telomere
Clinical usefulness of telomerase activity and telomere length in the preoperative diagnosis of gastric and colorectal cancer
โ Scribed by Shunsuke Katayama; Goshi Shiota; Mitsuo Oshimura; Hironaka Kawasaki
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 159 KB
- Volume
- 125
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-1335
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