Colorectal cancers, which kill more than 900,000 people each year, are notoriously heterogeneous. The cell type and the genetic mutations that give rise to the tumors and the effect of the tumor ...
The study in the journal Gut found higher levels of inflammation in colon cancer tumor cells, leading to metabolic problems in those cells. The typical Western diet, which includes a lot of ...
Mori Y et al. (2006) A genome-wide search identifies epigenetic silencing of somatostatin, tachykinin-1 and 5 other genes in colon cancer. Gastroenterology 131: 797–808 Researchers in the US ...