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SUBMITTER: Um SW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5960087 | biostudies-other | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

Clinical epigenetics 20180518
<h4>Background</h4>The objective of this study was to discover DNA methylation biomarkers for detecting non-small lung cancer (NSCLC) in bronchial washings and understanding the association between DNA methylation and smoking cessation.<h4>Methods</h4>DNA methylation was analyzed in bronchial washing samples from 70 NSCLCs and 53 hospital-based controls using Illumina HumanMethylation450K BeadChip. Methylation levels in these bronchial washings were compared to those in 897 primary lung tissues ...[more]