Comprehensive profiling of DNA methylation in colorectal cancer reveals subgroups with distinct clinicopathological and molecular features

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Most previous studies of the CpG island methylator phenotype (CIMP) in colorectal cancer (CRC) have been conducted on a relatively small numbers of CpG sites. In the present study we performed comprehensive DNA methylation profiling...

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Main Authors: Vaithilingam Aparna, Grieu Fabienne, Lim Pei, Liem Natalia, Loh Marie, Ang Pei, Platell Cameron, Yong Wei, Iacopetta Barry, Soong Richie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-05-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/10/227