Identity of the human cancer cell DNA hypermethylome revealed by gene expression profiling
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ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE4763 | GEO | 2007/08/08
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA95579
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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CRC mortality is related to stage of disease with a five year survival for early-stage disease of 77.0% and 50.8% for late stage disease. Methods for early detection of primary as well as recurrent CRC are therefore important to increase patient survival. Tumour biomarkers from blood, stool, or urine could aid the early diagnostics of CRC, but despite extensive research such markers have only provided limited clinical value.
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Development of a reliable sensitive and specific biomarker for CRC will immensely improve the diagnostics and handling of CRC patients.
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