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DNA copy number alterations, gene expression changes and disease-free survival in patients with colorectal cancer: a 10 year follow-up.

Elisabetta BigagliCarlotta De FilippoCinzia CastagniniSimona TotiFrancesco AcquadroFrancesco GiudiciMarilena FaziPiero DolaraLuca MesseriniFrancesco TonelliCristina Luceri
Published in: Cellular oncology (Dordrecht) (2016)
Our results suggest that CNAs in CRC tumor tissues are associated with concomitant changes in the expression of cancer-related genes. In other genes epigenetic mechanism may be at work. Up-regulation of the IL17RA, IGF2BP2 and ABCC2 genes, and of genes acting in the mTOR and cytokine receptor pathways, appear to be associated with a poor survival. These alterations may, in addition to Dukes' staging, be employed as new prognostic biomarkers for the prediction of clinical outcome in CRC patients.
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