A Pilot Study Investigating the Expression Levels of Pluripotency-Associated Genes in Rectal Swab Samples for Colorectal Polyp and Cancer Diagnosis and Prognosis

• Main Authors: Ryan Wai-Yan Sin (Author), Dominic Chi-Chung Foo (Author), Deepak Narayanan Iyer (Author), May Sau-Yee Fan (Author), Xue Li (Author), Oswens Siu-Hung Lo (Author), Wai-Lun Law (Author), Lui Ng (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Change in gene expression is inevitable in cancer development. With more studies demonstrating the contributions of cancer stem cells (CSCs) in colorectal cancer (CRC) development, this study is aimed at investigating whether rectal swab specimen serves as a tool for detection of dysregulation of CS...