Global burden of colorectal cancer: emerging trends, risk factors and prevention strategies

NN Keum, E Giovannucci - Nature reviews Gastroenterology & …, 2019 - nature.com
Globally, colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most commonly diagnosed malignancy and the
second leading cause of cancer death. Arising through three major pathways, including …

Pathways of colorectal carcinogenesis

LH Nguyen, A Goel, DC Chung - Gastroenterology, 2020 - Elsevier
Colorectal cancer is a heterogeneous disease that develops via stepwise accumulation of
well-characterized genetic and epigenetic alterations. We review the genetic changes …

[HTML][HTML] Differential pre-malignant programs and microenvironment chart distinct paths to malignancy in human colorectal polyps

B Chen, S Cherie'R, ET McKinley, AJ Simmons… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Colorectal cancers (CRCs) arise from precursor polyps whose cellular origins, molecular
heterogeneity, and immunogenic potential may reveal diagnostic and therapeutic insights …

The molecular hallmarks of the serrated pathway in colorectal cancer

FDE De Palma, V D'argenio, J Pol, G Kroemer… - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading cause of cancer death worldwide. It includes different
subtypes that differ in their clinical and prognostic features. In the past decade, in addition to …

The serrated pathway to colorectal carcinoma: current concepts and challenges

M Bettington, N Walker, A Clouston, I Brown… - …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Approximately 30% of colorectal carcinomas develop via a serrated neoplasia pathway,
named for the pattern of crypts in the precursor polyps. Molecular abnormalities consistently …

Role of the serrated pathway in colorectal cancer pathogenesis

B Leggett, V Whitehall - Gastroenterology, 2010 - Elsevier
The “serrated neoplastic pathway” describes the progression of serrated polyps, including
sessile serrated adenomas and traditional serrated adenomas, to colorectal cancer. The …

Classification of colorectal cancer based on correlation of clinical, morphological and molecular features

JR Jass - Histopathology, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Over the last 20 years it has become clear that colorectal cancer (CRC) evolves through
multiple pathways. These pathways may be defined on the basis of two molecular …

BRAFV600E: Implications for Carcinogenesis and Molecular Therapy

ER Cantwell-Dorris, JJ O'Leary, OM Sheils - Molecular cancer therapeutics, 2011 - AACR
The mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK)/extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK)
pathway is frequently mutated in human cancer. This pathway consists of a small GTP …

Nonpolypoid neoplastic lesions of the colorectal mucosa

S ei Kudo, R Lambert, JI Allen, H Fujii, T Fujii… - Gastrointestinal …, 2008 - Elsevier
The progress in our understanding of early events in the development of colonic neoplasia
is the result of 2 advances:(1) improved characterization of lesions detected at endoscopy …

Clinicopathological and molecular features of sessile serrated adenomas with dysplasia or carcinoma

M Bettington, N Walker, C Rosty, I Brown, A Clouston… - Gut, 2017 - gut.bmj.com
Objective Sessile serrated adenomas (SSAs) are the precursors of at least 15% of colorectal
carcinomas, but their biology is incompletely understood. We performed a …