| Literature DB >> 12951588 |
Harith Rajagopalan1, Martin A Nowak, Bert Vogelstein, Christoph Lengauer.
Abstract
A very large fraction of cancers have an abnormal genetic content, called aneuploidy, which is characterized by changes in chromosome structure and number. One explanation for this aneuploidy is chromosomal instability, in which cancer cells gain or lose whole chromosomes or large fractions of chromosomes at a greatly increased rate compared with normal cells. Here, we explore experimental and theoretical evidence for the initiation of chromosomal instability in very early colorectal cancers, and reflect on the role that chromosomal instability could have in colorectal tumorigenesis.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID： 12951588 DOI： 10.1038/nrc1165
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Rev Cancer ISSN： 1474-175X Impact factor: 60.716