Diagnostic Performance of DNA Hypermethylation Markers in Peripheral Blood for the Detection of Colorectal Cancer: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review.

DNA hypermethylation in blood is becoming an attractive candidate marker for colorectal cancer (CRC) detection. To assess the diagnostic accuracy of blood hypermethylation markers for CRC in different clinical settings, we conducted a meta-analysis of published reports. Of 485 publications obtained...

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Main Authors: Bingsheng Li, Aihua Gan, Xiaolong Chen, Xinying Wang, Weifeng He, Xiaohui Zhang, Renxiang Huang, Shuzhu Zhou, Xiaoxiao Song, Angao Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4861294?pdf=render