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DNA methylation and cancer diagnostics, treatment, and prevention
Aberrant DNA methylation, like mutations, can be causally involved in carcinogenesis. It is now being used for cancer diagnostics, therapeutics, and cancer prevention. We are trying to develop clinically useful methods for cancer diagnostics, therapeutics, and prevention.