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Accumulation of DNA methylation is associated with tumor stage in gastric cancer.
Cancer - 15 Mar 2006
Oue Naohide, Mitani Yoshitsugu, Motoshita Junichi, Matsumura Shunji, Yoshida Kazuhiro, Kuniyasu Hiroki, Nakayama Hirofumi, Yasui Wataru
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The authors purpose in this study was to clarify the difference in terms of clinicopathologic features between gastric cancer (GC) with high numbers of DNA methylated genes and CpG island methylator phenotype (CIMP)-positive GC as originally defined. METHODS: We analyzed DNA methylation of 12 tumor-related genes (hMLH1, MGMT, p16(INK4a), CDH1, RAR-beta, HLTF, RIZ1, TM, FLNc, LOX, HRASLS, HAND1) in 75...
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