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SUBMITTER: Lech G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4724606 | biostudies-other | 2016 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Lech Gustaw G Słotwiński Robert R Słodkowski Maciej M Krasnodębski Ireneusz Wojciech IW
World journal of gastroenterology 20160201 5
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer among females and third among males worldwide. It also contributes significantly to cancer-related deaths, despite the continuous progress in diagnostic and therapeutic methods. Biomarkers currently play an important role in the detection and treatment of patients with colorectal cancer. Risk stratification for screening might be augmented by finding new biomarkers which alone or as a complement of existing tests might recogniz ...[more]