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Nature Medicine 13, 1286 - 1287 (2007)
doi:10.1038/nm1107-1286

APC and colon cancer: two hits for one

Craig J Ceol1, David Pellman2,3 & Leonard I Zon1

  1. Stem Cell Program and Division of Hematology/Oncology, Children's Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
  2. Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
  3. Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA. e-mail: zon@enders.tch.harvard.edu


Two studies suggest how mutations in the APC tumor suppressor gene can contribute to chromosomal aberrations in precancerous cells.

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