Cell-free nucleic acids as noninvasive biomarkers for colorectal cancer detection

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue AUG, 2014, Pages

  Mansour, Hicham ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Cell free nucleic acids; CFNA; Colorectal cancer; DNA methylation; DNA mutation; MiRNAs; Noninvasive tests

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; PROTEIN P53;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS COLI GENE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COLORECTAL CANCER; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MUTATION; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; HUMAN; KRAS GENE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; ONCOGENE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; TP53 GENE;

EID: 84987788950     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2014.00182     Document Type: Review

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