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Pathology of Colorectal Cancer

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Colorectal Cancer

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Abstract

Colorectal carcinoma represents one of the leading causes of mortality in all Western countries, and there is evidence indicating a progressive rise of its incidence in countries — such as Japan — in which the disease was relatively uncommon until a few decades ago [1,2]. Dealing with these tumors requires new and rapidly accumulating knowledge of epidemiology, risk factors, molecular genetics, chemoprevention and novel treatments. In addition, researchers should be aware that colorectal tumors encompass a large variety of precancerous and preneoplastic lesions whose importance, in colorectal tumorigenesis, has been partially clarified very recently [3]. These will be the subject of the present chapter.

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Ponz de Leon, M. (2002). Pathology of Colorectal Cancer. In: Colorectal Cancer. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-56008-8_3

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