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SUBMITTER: Pang SW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7168209 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pang Siew-Wai SW Awi Noel Jacques NJ Armon Subasri S Lim Wendy Wan-Dee WW Low John Seng-Hooi JS Peh Kaik-Boo KB Peh Suat-Cheng SC Teow Sin-Yeang SY
Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) 20191223 1
Colorectal cancer (CRC) continues to be one of the most common cancers globally. The incidence has increased in developing countries in the past few decades, this could be partly attributed to aging populations and unhealthy lifestyles. While the treatment of CRC has seen significant improvement since the advent of target-specific therapies and personalized medicine, CRC is oftentimes detected at late or advanced stages, thereby reducing the efficacy of treatment. Hence, screening for early dete ...[more]