Methylated APC and GSTP1 genes in serum DNA correlate with the presence of circulating blood tumor cells and are associated with a more aggressive and advanced breast cancer disease.

Eur J Med Res · 2010 · PMC3351951 · PMID 20696638

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The combined methylation scores failed to reach significance when compared with the CTC detection, with the exception of the CTC marker EPCAM (Min-1 p = 0.024, Min-2 p = 0.005).

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