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Distinct DNA methylation epigenotypes in bladder cancer from different Chinese sub-populations and its implication in cancer detection using voided urine.
BMC medical genomics - 20 May 2011
Chen Pi-Che, Tsai Ming-Hsuan, Yip Sidney K H, Jou Yeong-Chin, Ng Chi-Fai, Chen Yanning, Wang Xiaoling, Huang Wei, Tung Chun-Liang, Chen Gary C W, Huang Martin M S, Tong Joanna H M, Song Eing-Ju, Chang De-Ching, Hsu Cheng-Da, To Ka-Fai, Shen Cheng-Huang, Chan Michael W Y
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Bladder cancer is the sixth most common cancer in the world and the incidence is particularly high in southwestern Taiwan. Previous studies have identified several tumor-related genes that are hypermethylated in bladder cancer; however the DNA methylation profile of bladder cancer in Taiwan is not fully understood. METHODS: In this study, we compared the DNA methylation profile of multiple tumor...
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