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ReviewEpigenomes2021

Cell-Free DNA Methylation as Blood-Based Biomarkers for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma-A Literature Update.

Stine Dam Henriksen, Ole Thorlacius-Ussing

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Review in Epigenomes, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Cell-Free DNA Hypermethylation in Patients with Acute Pancreatitis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  7. mCell death & disease · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Stine Dam HenriksenDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Aalborg University Hospital, 9000 Aalborg, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0003-0286-397X
Ole Thorlacius-UssingDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Aalborg University Hospital, 9000 Aalborg, Denmark.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pancreatic adenocarcinoma has a horrible prognosis, which is partly due to difficulties in diagnosing the disease in an early stage. Additional blood-born biomarkers for pancreatic adenocarcinoma are needed. Epigenetic modifications, as changes in DNA methylation, is a fundamental part of carcinogenesis. The aim of this paper is to do an update on cell-free DNA methylation as blood-based biomarkers for pancreatic adenocarcinoma. The current literature including our studies clearly indicates that cell-free DNA methylation has the potential as blood-based diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers for pancreatic adenocarcinoma. However, still no clinical applicable biomarker for pancreatic adenocarcinoma based on DNA methylation do exist. Further well-designed validation studies are needed.

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cell-free DNAdiagnostic biomarkerDNA methylationepigeneticpancreatic cancerpancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaprognostic biomarker

Identifiers

PMID34968295
PMCPMC8594668

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