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Clinical Significance of MLH1 Methylation and CpG Island Methylator Phenotype as Prognostic Markers in Patients with Gastric Cancer.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Shigeyasu Kunitoshi, Nagasaka Takeshi, Mori Yoshiko, Yokomichi Naosuke, Kawai Takashi, Fuji Tomokazu, Kimura Keisuke, Umeda Yuzo, Kagawa Shunsuke, Goel Ajay, Fujiwara Toshiyoshi
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: To improve the outcome of patients suffering from gastric cancer, a better understanding of underlying genetic and epigenetic events in this malignancy is required. Although CpG island methylator phenotype (CIMP) and microsatellite instability (MSI) have been shown to play pivotal roles in gastric cancer pathogenesis, the clinical significance of these events on survival outcomes in patients with...
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