Association between hypermethylation of DNA repetitive elements in white blood cell DNA and pancreatic cancer
Neale RE, Clark PJ, Fawcett J, Fritschi L, Nagler BN, Risch HA, Walters RJ, Crawford WJ, Webb PM, Whiteman DC, Buchanan DD. Association between hypermethylation of DNA repetitive elements in white blood cell DNA and pancreatic cancer. Cancer Epidemiology 2014, 38: 576-582. PMID: 25201440, DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2014.08.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPancreatic cancerWhite blood cell DNABlood cell DNAOdds ratioPresence of metastasesCancer-related deathPancreatic cancer casesHealthy unrelated controlsEarly diseaseCell DNALeading causeCancer casesWBC DNADNA repetitive elementsBlood collectionCancerConfidence intervalsUnrelated controlsMethylation scoreFurther studiesAssociationMarkersDeathPCR assaysQuantitative PCR assays