Methylation of the DCC gene is lost in advanced gastric cancer

Anticancer Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 107-110

  Hibi, Kenji ^a   Sakata, Makiko ^a   Sakuraba, Kazuma ^a   Kitamura, Yo Hei ^a   Shirahata, Atsushi ^a   Goto, Tetsuhiro ^a   Mizukami, Hiroki ^a   Saito, Mitsuo ^a   Ishibashi, Kazuyoshi ^a   Kigawa, Gaku ^a   Nemoto, Hiroshi ^a   Sanada, Yutaka ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY FUJIGAOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

DCC; Gastric cancer; Quantitative methylation specific PCR

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETED IN COLORECTAL CARCINOMA GENE; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CARCINOGENESIS; STOMACH CARCINOMA; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENES, DCC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77649245251     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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