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The Role of Quantitative NPTX2 Hypermethylation as a Novel Serum Diagnostic Marker in Pancreatic Cancer
21 Jul 2011
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OBJECTIVES: The majority of pancreatic cancers are found to be unresectable, and the only chance for cure lies on early detection and complete resection. Several genes have been discovered to be aberrantly methylated in primary pancreatic cancer tissue, and this cancer DNA can be detected in the plasma. The aims of this study were to develop a novel diagnostic marker based on epigenetic characteristics of...
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