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PATHOLOGY RESEARCH AND PRACTICE
Volume 204, Issue 7, Pages 469-477Publisher
ELSEVIER GMBH, URBAN & FISCHER VERLAG
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2008.03.003
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colorectal cancer; single-nucleotide polymorphism; microsatellite; instability; chromosomal instability
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Colorectal cancer remains one of the most common cancers in the Western world and amongst the top three causes of cancer morbidity and death. Cancer is caused by genetic mutations, but currently there is little use of genetic information in the clinic with the exception of establishing germline mutations for the uncommon predisposing syndromes. Rapid advances in technologies allowing high throughput analysis of germline and somatic mutations raises the possibility that genetics will find a major role in the clinic distinguishing individuals at low to high risk of cancer, allowing early intervention and stratification of cancers based on mutational pathways for therapeutic interventions. In the future, this will lead to treatment regimes tailored to the individuals and their tumor. Here, we summarize the genetics underlying colorectal cancer and the future role of genetics in prevention, diagnosis, classification and treatment. (C) 2008 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
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