The role of mSEPT9 in screening, diagnosis, and recurrence monitoring of colorectal cancer

Abstract Background The application of circulating, cell-free, methylated Septin9 (mSEPT9) DNA in screening and recurrence monitoring is highly promising. CpG island methylator phenotype (CIMP) is associated with microsatellite instability (MSI). The present study was performed to determine the diag...

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Main Authors: Jie Sun, Fei Fei, Mingqing Zhang, Yuwei Li, Xipeng Zhang, Siwei Zhu, Shiwu Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-05-01
Series:BMC Cancer
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-019-5663-8