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SUBMITTER: Nandikolla AG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5244743 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nandikolla Amara G AG Rajdev Lakshmi L
Translational gastroenterology and hepatology 20160906
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the few cancers where screening modalities are standardized, but it still remains the third leading cause of cancer related mortality. For more than a decade now, the approval of anti-angiogenic therapy has led to an increase in the rate of overall survival (OS) of patients with advanced colon cancer. The drawback of the anti-angiogenic therapy is that their effect is short-lived and many patients progress through these therapies. Various mechanisms of resistanc ...[more]