TP73 DNA methylation and upregulation of ΔNp73 are associated with an adverse prognosis in breast cancer

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2018

Publication Title

Journal of clinical pathology

Keywords

Breast; Breast Neoplasms; Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast; CpG Islands; DNA Methylation; Disease-Free Survival; Female; Humans; Immunohistochemistry; Prognosis; Protein Isoforms; Tumor Protein p73

Abstract

AIM: Accumulated evidence suggests that aberrant methylation of the

METHODS:

RESULTS: We observed that the methylation of diverse CpG islands of

CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that high expression of ΔNp73 could be used to determine the aggressiveness of IDCs and could be incorporated in the pathologist's report.

Clinical Institute

Cancer

Department

Oncology

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