A proof-of-principle study of epigenetic therapy added to neoadjuvant doxorubicin cyclophosphamide for locally advanced breast cancer.

Aberrant DNA methylation and histone deacetylation participate in cancer development and progression; hence, their reversal by inhibitors of DNA methylation and histone deacetylases (HDACs) is at present undergoing clinical testing in cancer therapy. As epigenetic alterations are common to breast ca...

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Main Authors: Claudia Arce, Carlos Pérez-Plasencia, Aurora González-Fierro, Erick de la Cruz-Hernández, Alma Revilla-Vázquez, Alma Chávez-Blanco, Catalina Trejo-Becerril, Enrique Pérez-Cárdenas, Lucia Taja-Chayeb, Enrique Bargallo, Patricia Villarreal, Teresa Ramírez, Teresa Vela, Myrna Candelaria, Maria F Camargo, Elizabeth Robles, Alfonso Dueñas-González
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2006-12-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1762324?pdf=render