The CpG island methylator phenotype is not associated with a personal or family history of cancer

Cancer Research

Volumn 64, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 7618-7621

  Ward, Robyn Lynne ^a,b   Williams, Rachel ^a   Law, Matthew ^d   Hawkins, Nicholas John ^c  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN P16;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIGENETICS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHYLATION; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADHERINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENES, P16; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 5644297122     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-03-3978     Document Type: Article

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