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CpG island methylator phenotype infers a poor disease-free survival in locally advanced rectal cancer.
Surgery - 1 Apr 2012
Jo Peter, Jung Klaus, Grade Marian, Conradi Lena-Christin, Wolff Hendrik A, Kitz Julia, Becker Heinz, Rüschoff Josef, Hartmann Arndt, Beissbarth Tim, Müller-Dornieden Annegret, Ghadimi Michael, Schneider-Stock Regine, Gaedcke Jochen
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BACKGROUND: Locally advanced rectal cancers are treated with preoperative radiochemotherapy (RCT). However, subsets of patients have no benefit from preoperative treatment. Since epigenetic modifications, including DNA methylation, may influence response to neoadjuvant treatment we studied the CpG island methylator phenotype (CIMP) in patients who received a 5-fluouracil based RCT. METHODS: One hundred fifty...
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