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Pre-diagnostic leukocyte genomic DNA methylation and the risk of colorectal cancer in women.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Nan Hongmei, Giovannucci Edward L, Wu Kana, Selhub Jacob, Paul Ligi, Rosner Bernard, Fuchs Charles S, Cho Eunyoung
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Abnormal one-carbon metabolism may lead to general genomic (global) hypomethylation, which may predispose an individual to the development of colorectal neoplasia. METHODS: We evaluated the association between pre-diagnostic leukocyte genomic DNA methylation level and the risk of colorectal cancer in a nested case-control study of 358 colorectal cancer cases and 661 matched controls within the...
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