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Epigenetic modifications in breast cancer and their role in personalized medicine.
The American journal of pathology - 1 Oct 2013
Stefansson Olafur A, Esteller Manel
Abstract excerpt
In cancer, the overall patterns of epigenetic marks are severely distorted from the corresponding normal cell type. It is now well established that these changes can contribute to cancer development through inactivation of tumor suppressor genes and, conversely, through activation of oncogenes. Recent technological advances have enabled epigenome-wide analyses of cancers that are yielding unexpected findings. The...
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