Integration of genetic and epigenetic markers for risk stratification: Opportunities and challenges

Personalized Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 93-95

  Pashayan, Nora ^a   Reisel, Daniel ^a   Widschwendter, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cancer; epigenetics; polygenic risk; risk assessment; risk stratification

Indexed keywords

CELL DIVISION; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 84962052772     PISSN: 17410541     EISSN: 1744828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/pme.15.53     Document Type: Review

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