If Colon Cancers Could Be Prevented by Intervening in the Earliest

question 16

Multiple Choice

If colon cancers could be prevented by intervening in the earliest molecular changes during multi-hit progression,the molecule you would target for intervention would be:

• A)p53.
• B)Ras.
• C)APC.
• D)VEGF.

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