Towards a molecular classification of colorectal cancer

• Main Author: Alessandro Lugli (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Medicine; Molecular classification; colorectal cancer; Cdx2; MGMT; ras signaling pathway; microRNA; Wnt Signaling Pathway; telomere length
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

In 2007, Jeremy Jass proposed a molecular classification of colorectal cancer including KRAS, BRAF, Mismatch Repair, CIMP and MGMT Status. Since then, many prognostic and predictive studies have been published on this topic, mainly focusing on one single molecular marker. The aim of the e-book is to...