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Cancer is believed to be a disease involving stem cells. The digestive tract has a very high cancer prevalence partly owing to rapid epithelial cell turnover and exposure to dietary toxins. Work on the hereditary cancer syndromes including famalial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) has led to significant advances, including the adenoma-carcinoma sequence. The initial mutation involved in this stepwise progression...