| Literature DB >> 25202783 |
Fergus Shanahan, Paul W O'Toole.
Abstract
The small intestine has a greater cell mass than the colon, it is longer and with greater surface area and has a faster rate of epithelial turnover. At first, this might suggest that the small bowel epithelium could be at greater risk of the cumulative genetic errors that predispose to cancer. However, the incidence of cancer of the small bowel is more than tenfold lower than that of colorectal cancer.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 25202783 DOI: 10.1038/nrc3765
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Rev Cancer ISSN: 1474-175X Impact factor: 60.716