The prognostic value of global DNA hypomethylation in cancer: a meta-analysis.

BACKGROUND: Aberrant methylation of the global genome has been investigated as a prognostic indicator in various cancers, but the results are controversial and ambiguous. METHODS AND FINDINGS: This meta-analysis presents pooled estimates of the evidence to elucidate this issue. We searched the elect...

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Main Authors: Jinhui Li, Qingyuan Huang, Fangfang Zeng, Wenxue Li, Zhini He, Wen Chen, Wei Zhu, Bo Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4153632?pdf=render