The presence of telomere fusion in sporadic colon cancer independently of disease stage, TP53/KRAS mutation status, mean telomere length, and telomerase activity.

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Published in Neoplasia on October 23, 2014

Authors

Hiromi Tanaka1, Matthew J Beam1, Kevin Caruana1

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, IN, USA.

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