Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Researchers' work from Shihezi University focuses on squamous cell carcinoma

Published in Cancer Weekly, June 2nd, 2009

According to a study from Shihezi, People's Republic of China, "Aims and background. To explore the relationship between methylation in promoter region 2 of the Ras association domain family 1A (RASSF1A) gene and cervical squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) in Uigur women living in the Xinjiang province of China."

"Methods and study design. Methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction (MSP) was used to analyze 40 normal cervical epithelium samples and 65 cervical squamous cell carcinoma samples from Uigur women. We found methylation in promoter region 2 of RASSF1A in 13 of the 65 cervical squamous cell carcinoma samples (20%), but not in any of the 40 normal cervical...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-06-02)

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