Circulating microRNAs as biomarkers for early cancer detection

Cancer is a major cause of death worldwide. Patients diagnosed at an early stage have an improved prognosis and therefore efforts have been made into the development of methods to detect tumors at their earliest stages. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are non-coding RNAs that negatively regulate gene expression...

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Main Author: MacLellan, Sara Ann
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/44579