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SUBMITTER: Zanutto S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3929896 | biostudies-other | 2014 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Zanutto S S Pizzamiglio S S Ghilotti M M Bertan C C Ravagnani F F Perrone F F Leo E E Pilotti S S Verderio P P Gariboldi M M Pierotti M A MA
British journal of cancer 20140114 4
<h4>Background</h4>Plasma circulating tumour-specific microRNAs (miRNAs) are promising biomarkers of tumour presence and recurrence, especially for diseases whose best chance of successful treatment requires early diagnosis and timely surgery of an already malignant but not yet invasive tumour, such as colorectal cancer (CRC).<h4>Methods</h4>Expression levels of miRNAs previously found to be differently expressed in tumour vs normal colon tissues were investigated by quantitative real-time PCR i ...[more]