학위논문(박사)--서울대학교 대학원 :의과대학 의학과,2020. 2. 정승용.Introduction: Recent epidemiological studies suggest that there has been a significant increase of colorectal cancer (CRC) diagnosis in young adults, even though the overall incidence and mortality has decreased in recent years. Although these early-onset CRCs (EOCRCs) are likely to suggest a hereditary predisposition, known familial CRC syndromes account for only 20% of EOCRC cases; the genetic aberrations remain unknown for the other 80% of cases. Therefore, we aimed to establish reproducible biological resources and contribute to expanding the mutational database for EOCRC. Methods: Four cell lines were established from the original tumor tissues of individual CRC patients diagnosed prior to ...