Genetic ID of marker in lymph nodes may be linked to colorectal cancer recurrence risk

Wednesday, February 18, 2009 - 07:21 in Health & Medicine

A preliminary report suggests that genetic testing may help identify a marker in lymph nodes that is associated with an increased risk of colorectal cancer recurrence among patients in whom conventional testing indicates that those lymph nodes show no evidence of cancer spread, according to a study in the 18 February issue of JAMA...

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