ArticleClinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research2019
Discovery, Validation, and Application of Novel Methylated DNA Markers for Detection of Esophageal Cancer in Plasma.
Article in Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05680077 (Methylation Detection of KCNA3 and OTOP2 Genes in Plasma for the Auxiliary Diagnosis of Esophageal Cancer/Precancerous Lesions), which is not on this map. Cited by 51 papers.
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Methylation Detection of KCNA3 and OTOP2 Genes in Plasma for the Auxiliary Diagnosis of Esophageal Cancer/Precancerous Lesions: a Clinical Trial
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51 citing papers in PubMed, 69 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Discovery and validation of methylation signatures in circulating cell-free DNA for early detection of esophageal cancer: a case-control study.BMC medicine · 2021Trial
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- AI in esophageal cancer: advances, barriers to clinical translation, and perspectives for digital health.Journal of translational medicine · 2026Review
- A Practical Guide to Incorporating Novel Barrett's Screening/Surveillance Tools into Clinical Practice.Current gastroenterology reports · 2026Review
- Associations Between Non-Genetic Risk Factors and DNA Methylation Alterations in Barrett's Esophagus and Its Progression to Esophageal Adenocarcinoma.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Value of circulating free DNA methylation in the diagnosis of esophageal cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Oncology letters · 2025Article
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- Microbiota-driven epigenetic modifications in gastrointestinal cancer: Implications for pathogenesis and therapeutic strategies.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2025Review
- A Clinical Validation of a Diagnostic Test for Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Based on a Novel Serum Glycoprotein Biomarker Panel: PromarkerEso.Proteomes · 2025Article
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- Blood Plasma Methylated DNA Markers in the Detection of Lymphoma: Discovery, Validation, and Clinical Pilot.American journal of hematology · 2025Article
- The Role of DNA Methylation in Gastrointestinal Disease: An Expanded Review of Malignant and Nonmalignant Gastrointestinal Diseases.Gastroenterology · 2025Review
- Development of a novel circulating miRNA panel for early detection of esophageal cancer.American journal of translational research · 2025Article
- DNA methylation in esophageal cancer: technological advances and early detection clinical applications.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Review
- Multi-analyte liquid biopsy approaches for early detection of esophageal cancer: the expanding role of ctDNA.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Review
- Detection of a novel DNA methylation marker panel for esophageal cancer diagnosis using circulating tumor DNA.BMC cancer · 2024Article
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Abstract
purposeThe burden of esophageal cancer continues to rise, and noninvasive screening tools are needed. Methylated DNA markers (MDM) assayed from plasma show promise in detection of other cancers. For esophageal cancer detection, we aimed to discover and validate MDMs in tissue, and determine their feasibility when assayed from plasma. EXPERIMENTAL
designWhole-methylome sequencing was performed on DNA extracted from 37 tissues (28 EC; 9 normal esophagus) and 8 buffy coat samples. Top MDMs were validated by methylation specific PCR on tissue from 76 EC (41 adeno, 35 squamous cell) and 17 normal esophagus. Quantitative allele-specific real-time target and signal amplification was used to assay MDMs in plasma from 183 patients (85 EC, 98 controls). Recursive partitioning (rPART) identified MDM combinations predictive of esophageal cancer. Validation was performed
resultsFrom discovery, 23 candidate MDMs were selected for independent tissue validation; median area under the receiver operating curve (AUC) for individual MDMs was 0.93. Among 12 MDMs advanced to plasma testing, rPART modeling selected a 5 MDM panel (
conclusionsNovel MDMs assayed from plasma detect esophageal cancer with moderate accuracy. Further optimization and clinical testing are warranted.
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