Feasibility of quantifying SDC2 methylation in stool DNA for early detection of colorectal cancer
Abstract Background Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening is the most efficient strategy to reduce disease-related mortality. Frequent aberrant DNA methylation is known to occur in selected genes and early during CRC development, which has emerged as a new epigenetic biomarker for early detection of CRC...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-12-01
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Series: | Clinical Epigenetics |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13148-017-0426-3 |