Method of detection and treatment of colon cancer

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C536S023100, C435S320100

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ABSTRACT:
The present invention is based, in part, on the discovery that colon carcinoma, carcinogenesis, or the predisposition thereto is associated with the level of Wnt2, Wnt5, BMP6, and Fz receptors and the full-length and dominant negative form of LEF1.

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