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Decitabine
1 Nov 2003
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Decitabine is a cytosine analogue synthesized in the 1960s that is currently enjoying a revival of interest prompted by the elucidation of DNA methylation inhibition as its major mechanism of action, along with increased understanding of the role of DNA methylation in epigenetic dysregulation in cancer. These advances have turned this agent from just another cytosine analogue into a targeted...
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