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CpG island methylator phenotype predicts progression of malignant melanoma.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 1 Mar 2009
Tanemura Atsushi, Terando Alicia M, Sim Myung-Shin, van Hoesel Anneke Q, de Maat Michiel F G, Morton Donald L, Hoon Dave S B
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PURPOSE: The CpG island methylator phenotype (CIMP) may be associated with development of malignancy through coordinated inactivation of tumor suppressor and tumor-related genes (TRG) and methylation of multiple noncoding, methylated-in-tumor (MINT) loci. These epigenetic changes create a distinct CIMP pattern that has been linked to recurrence and survival in gastrointestinal cancers. Because epigenetic...
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