DNA methylation as a promising landscape: A simple blood test for breast cancer prediction

Tumor Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 4905-4912

  Khakpour, Golnaz ^a   Pooladi, Arash ^b   Izadi, Pantea ^a   Noruzinia, Mehrdad ^b   Tavakkoly Bazzaz, Javad ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Epimarker; Risk prediction; WBC DNA methylation

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLCYTOSINE; ATM PROTEIN; BRCA1 PROTEIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; NEUROGENIC DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; SECRETED FRIZZLED RELATED PROTEIN 1; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; TUMOR MARKER;

ATM GENE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIRCULATING TUMOR CELL; DBC2 GENE; DNA METHYLATION; DOK7 GENE; EPIGENETICS; ESR1 GENE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOME; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; NEUROD1 GENE; NUP155 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SFRP1 GENE; TITF1 GENE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; ZNF217 GENE; BLOOD; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; PATHOLOGY; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PROGNOSIS;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICINE; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84938204937     PISSN: 10104283     EISSN: 14230380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13277-015-3567-z     Document Type: Review

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