molecular features of molecular adenocarcinoma

Genetics

• familial adenomatous polyposis coli (APC-gene)
• mutation in k-ras proto-oncogene
• deleted in colon carcinoma (DCC) gene
• mutated in colon carcinoma (MCC) gene
• defects in p53

serum carcinoembryonic antigen elevated, marker of recurrence CEACAM7 strongly down-regulated in colonic adenocarcinomas

More general terms

• oncology