MicroRNA dysregulation as a prognostic biomarker in colorectal cancer

Cancer Management and Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2014, Pages 405-422

  Dong, Yujuan ^a,b   Yu, Jun ^b   Ng, Simon S M ^a,b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; microRNA; Microsatellite instability; Prognostic biomarker; Single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 148-3P; MICRORNA 21-5P; MICRORNA 29-3P; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL CANCER; DICER1 GENE; GENE; HUMAN; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCOGENE K RAS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 84908282056     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CMAR.S35164     Document Type: Review

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