Prognostic relevance of an epigenetic biomarker panel in sentinel lymph nodes from colon cancer patients

Prognostic relevance of an epigenetic biomarker panel in sentinel lymph nodes from colon cancer patients

Abstract Background Patients with early colorectal cancer (stages I–II) generally have a good prognosis, but a subgroup of 15–20% experiences relapse and eventually die of disease. Occult metastases have been suggested as a marker for increased risk of recurrence in patients with node-negative disea...

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Main Authors: Guro E. Lind, Marianne Guriby, Terje Ahlquist, Israr Hussain, Marine Jeanmougin, Kjetil Søreide, Hartwig Kørner, Ragnhild A. Lothe, Oddmund Nordgård
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-09-01
Series:Clinical Epigenetics
Subjects:
Biomarkers
DNA methylation
Occult metastases
Prognosis
Relapse
Sentinel lymph nodes
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13148-017-0397-4

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