Circulating microRNAs as biomarkers for early cancer detection
Cancer is a major cause of death worldwide. Patients diagnosed at an early stage have an improved prognosis and therefore efforts have been made into the development of methods to detect tumors at their earliest stages. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are non-coding RNAs that negatively regulate gene expression...
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Language: | English |
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University of British Columbia
2013
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/44579 |