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Methylation profiling of ductal carcinoma in situ and its relationship to histopathological features.
Breast cancer research : BCR - 21 Oct 2014
Pang Jia-Min B, Deb Siddhartha, Takano Elena A, Byrne David J, Jene Nicholas, Boulghourjian Alice, Holliday Anne, Millar Ewan, Lee C Soon, O'Toole Sandra A, Dobrovic Alexander, Fox Stephen B
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INTRODUCTION: DNA methylation is a well-studied biomarker in invasive breast cancer, but its role in ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) is less well characterized. The aims of this study are to assess the methylation profile in DCIS for a panel of well-characterized genes that are frequently methylated in breast cancer, to investigate the relationship of methylation with pathological features, and to perform a...
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