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Aberrant p16 methylation, a possible epigenetic risk factor in familial esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.
International journal of gastrointestinal cancer - 1 Jan 2005
Abbaszadegan Mohammad Reza, Raziee Hamid Reza, Ghafarzadegan Kamran, Shakeri Mohammad Taghi, Afsharnezhad Sima, Ghavamnasiry Mohammad Reza
Abstract excerpt
AIM: Detection of methylation in the p16 gene, an inhibitor of cyclin D-dependent protein kinase, as a new tumor marker for early detection of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) in DNA derived from blood and serum. METHOD: A large family with clustering of ESCC was assessed in Khorasan province in northeastern Iran. The family had three histologically proven cases of ESCC in two consecutive generations and...
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