Predicting the progress of colon cancer by DNA methylation markers of the p16 gene in feces - Evidence from an animal model

A new noninvasive screening tool for colorectal neoplasia detects epigenetic alterations exhibited by gastrointestinal tumor cells shed into stool. There is insufficient existing data to determine temporal associations between colorectal cancer (CRC) progression and aberrant DNA methylation. To eval...

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Main Authors: Wen-Chih Wu, Chih-Hsiung Hsu, Jen-Chun Kuan, Jih-Fu Hsieh, Chien-An Sun, Tsan Yang, Chang-Chieh Wu, Yu-Ching Chou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2013-01-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572013000300004&lng=en&tlng=en