An epigenetic signature in peripheral blood predicts active ovarian cancer.

BACKGROUND:Recent studies have shown that DNA methylation (DNAm) markers in peripheral blood may hold promise as diagnostic or early detection/risk markers for epithelial cancers. However, to date no study has evaluated the diagnostic and predictive potential of such markers in a large case control...

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Main Authors: Andrew E Teschendorff, Usha Menon, Aleksandra Gentry-Maharaj, Susan J Ramus, Simon A Gayther, Sophia Apostolidou, Allison Jones, Matthias Lechner, Stephan Beck, Ian J Jacobs, Martin Widschwendter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-12-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2793425?pdf=render

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