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World J Gastroenterol. Sep 21, 2016; 22(35): 7882-7891
Published online Sep 21, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i35.7882
Published online Sep 21, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i35.7882
Biomarkers for colitis-associated colorectal cancer
Ru Chen, Lisa A Lai, Teresa A Brentnall, Sheng Pan, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, United States
Author contributions: All the authors contributed to this manuscript.
Supported by NIH , No. CA164548 .
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Correspondence to: Ru Chen, PhD, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific St, Seattle, WA 98195, United States. ruc@medicine.washington.edu
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Received: April 20, 2016
Peer-review started: April 21, 2016
First decision: May 27, 2016
Revised: June 30, 2016
Accepted: August 1, 2016
Article in press: August 1, 2016
Published online: September 21, 2016
Processing time: 147 Days and 16.5 Hours
Peer-review started: April 21, 2016
First decision: May 27, 2016
Revised: June 30, 2016
Accepted: August 1, 2016
Article in press: August 1, 2016
Published online: September 21, 2016
Processing time: 147 Days and 16.5 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: With the incidence of ulcerative colitis on the rise, there is a need to develop clinically useful biomarkers capable of identifying and monitoring the subset of ulcerative colitis (UC) patients at highest risk for developing colon cancer. Recent studies have reported the efforts in developing clinically relevant biomarkers, laying a foundation for further clinical biomarker development. While the challenge remains to validate these candidate biomarkers in multi-center studies using larger patient cohorts, it is certain that accurate biomarkers of colitis-associated neoplasia would improve current clinical management of neoplastic risk in UC patients.