Highly frequent promoter methylation and <it>PIK3CA </it>amplification in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. Genetic and epigenetic alterations have been identified frequently in lung cancer, such as promoter methylation, gene mutations and genomic amplification. However, t...

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Main Authors: Shi Bingyin, Gao Cuixia, Guan Haixia, Ji Meiju, Hou Peng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-04-01
Series:BMC Cancer
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Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/11/147