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ArticleInternational journal of molecular epidemiology and genetics2012

Transcriptional output in a prospective design conditionally on follow-up and exposure: the multistage model of cancer.

Eiliv Lund, Sandra Plancade

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Article in International journal of molecular epidemiology and genetics, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Prediagnostic transcriptomic markers of Chronic lymphocytic leukemia reveal perturbations 10 years before diagnosis.Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology · 2014
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Eiliv LundInstitute of Community Medicine, University of Tromsø 9037 Tromsø, Norway. eiliv.lund@uit.no
Sandra Plancade

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transcriptomics as the analysis of mRNA and microRNA could be implemented in prospective studies both in peripheral blood and tissues. Its application in cancer epidemiology could provide a new understanding of the functional changes underlying the multistage model of carcinogenesis, as well as the relationship between these changes and exposure to carcinogens. Transcriptomics is not merely another -omics technology for risk assessment in traditional prospective studies. Instead, this novel approach has the potential to estimate the distribution of gene expression conditionally on different exposures, and to study the length of the different stages of carcinogenesis. If it proves to be a valid approach, transcriptomics could be an opportunity to make meaningful advances in our understanding of the carcinogenic process.

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Carcinogenesislatent variablemultistage modelprospective studysystems epidemiologytranscriptomics

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PMID22724047
PMCPMC3376922

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