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High CpG island methylator phenotype is associated with lymph node metastasis and prognosis in gastric cancer.
Cancer science - 1 Jan 2012
Chen Hua-Yun, Zhu Bao-He, Zhang Chang-Hua, Yang Dong-Jie, Peng Jian-Jun, Chen Jian-Hui, Liu Fa-Keng, He Yu-Long
Abstract excerpt
Several studies have found that the promoter CpG island is frequently methylated in gastric cancer. The CpG island methylator phenotype (CIMP) defines concordant methylation of multiple promoter CpG island loci in a subset of gastric cancer. However, the relationship between CIMP and lymph node metastasis in gastric cancer is unknown. Our study aimed to characterize the role of CIMP in lymph node metastasis....
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