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Prognostic relevance of promoter hypermethylation of multiple genes in breast cancer patients.
Cellular oncology : the official journal of the International Society for Cellular Oncology - 1 Jan 2009
Sharma Gayatri, Mirza Sameer, Yang Yi-Hsin, Parshad Rajinder, Hazrah Priya, Datta Gupta Siddartha, Ralhan Ranju
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BACKGROUND: Methylation-mediated suppression of detoxification, DNA repair and tumor suppressor genes has been implicated in cancer development. This study was designed to investigate the impact of concurrent methylation of multiple genes in breast tumors on disease prognosis. METHODS: Methylation specific PCR was carried out to analyze the methylation status of seven genes in archived breast tissues and...
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