Global methylation levels in peripheral blood leukocyte DNA by LUMA and breast cancer: A case-control study in Japanese women

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 110, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2765-2771

  Kuchiba, A ^a,b   Iwasaki, M ^b   Ono, H ^a   Kasuga, Y ^c   Yokoyama, S ^d   Onuma, H ^d   Nishimura, H ^e   Kusama, R ^f   Tsugane, S ^b   Yoshida, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^c Nagano Matsushiro General Hospital   (Japan)

^d NAGANO RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e Nagano Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^f Hokushin General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

biomarker; breast cancer; global methylation level; peripheral blood leukocyte DNA

Indexed keywords

DNA; HORMONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; JAPAN; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901637593     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2014.223     Document Type: Article

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