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Colon Cancer
New colon cancer data have been reported by scientists at Showa University
October 5th, 2009
"Recently, it has been reported that WNT5A methylation was frequently detected in colorectal cancers. However, the relationship between the WNT5A methylation and the characteristics of these cancers remains unknown," scientists in Yokohama, Japan report. "Methylation status of the WNT5A gene was examined in primary carcinomas and the corresponding normal tissues derived from 49 patients with colorectal cancer using quantitative methylation-specific PCR (qMSP) and the correlation between the methylation status and the clinicopathological findings was evaluated. Aberrant methylation of the WNT5A gene was detected in 17 out of the 49 (35%) primary colorectal cancers. The...
Source: Gastroenterology Week (2009-10-05)
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