Epigenetics and nasopharyngeal carcinoma
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-422X.2014.05.005
- VernacularTitle:表观遗传学与鼻咽癌
- Author:
Jianjun SHEN
;
Hongyan ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Nasopharyngeal neoplasms;
Heredity;
Methylation
- From:
Journal of International Oncology
2014;41(5):335-337
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
The etiology of nasopharyngeal carcinoma is still not very clear.Epigenetics is proved to play an important role in the occurrence and development of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC).Detection of epigenetics can serve as molecular index of NPC,and it is advantageous to the prognosis and disease of NPC.Different intervention measures in the epigenetics can be used as a new treatment of NPC,as well as the development of new NPC radiotherapy sensitization agent and new drugs.Study of epigenetics changes in nasopharyngeal carcinoma provides a new idea for the diagnosis and treatment in NPC and so on.
