Colon Cancer
Data on Colon Cancer Described by Researchers at Akershus University
Published in Cancer Weekly, September 27th, 2011
2011 SEP 27 -- According to the authors of recent research published in the journal Molecular Cancer, "The presence of cancer-specific DNA methylation patterns in epithelial colorectal cells in human feces provides the prospect of a simple, non-invasive screening test for colorectal cancer and its precursor, the adenoma. This study investigates a panel of epigenetic markers for the detection of colorectal cancer and adenomas."
"Candidate biomarkers were subjected to quantitative methylation analysis in test sets of tissue samples from colorectal cancers, adenomas, and normal colonic mucosa. All findings were verified in independent clinical...
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