Hypermethylation of the large tumor suppressor genes in Japanese lung cancer

Oncology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 303-307

  Sasaki, Hidefumi ^a   Hikosaka, Yu ^a   Kawano, Osamu ^a   Yano, Motoki ^a   Fujii, Yoshitaka ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hypermethylation; Large tumor suppressor gene; Lung cancer

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LARGE TUMOR SUPPRESSOR 1; LARGE TUMOR SUPPRESSOR 2; LUNG CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; SMOKING; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; WILD TYPE;

EID: 77955755566     PISSN: 17921074     EISSN: 17921082     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ol_00000054     Document Type: Article

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