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ReviewCurrent cancer drug targets2025

DNA Methylation-Based Diagnosis and Treatment of Breast Cancer.

Xintong Peng, Jingfan Zheng, Tianzi Liu, Ziwen Zhou, Chen Song, Danyan Zhang, Xinlong Zhang, Yan Huang

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Review in Current cancer drug targets, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Xintong PengSchool of Clinical Medicine, Affiliated Weifang Medical University, Weifang, China.
Jingfan ZhengSchool of Clinical Medicine, Affiliated Weifang Medical University, Weifang, China.
Tianzi LiuSchool of Clinical Medicine, Affiliated Weifang Medical University, Weifang, China.
Ziwen ZhouSchool of Clinical Medicine, Affiliated Weifang Medical University, Weifang, China.
Chen SongSchool of Clinical Medicine, Affiliated Weifang Medical University, Weifang, China.
Danyan ZhangSchool of Clinical Medicine, Affiliated Weifang Medical University, Weifang, China.
Xinlong ZhangSchool of Clinical Medicine, Affiliated Weifang Medical University, Weifang, China.
Yan HuangDepartment of Oncology, Affiliated Hospital of Weifang Medical University, Weifang, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

DNA methylation is a key epigenetic modifier involved in tumor formation, invasion, and metastasis. The development of breast cancer is a complex process, and many studies have now confirmed the involvement of DNA methylation in breast cancer. Moreover, the number of genes identified as aberrantly methylated in breast cancer is rapidly increasing, and the accumulation of epigenetic alterations becomes a chronic factor in the development of breast cancer. The combined effects of external environmental factors and the internal tumor microenvironment promote epigenetic alterations that drive tumorigenesis. This article focuses on the relevance of DNA methylation to breast cancer, describing the role of detecting DNA methylation in the early diagnosis, prediction, progression, metastasis, treatment, and prognosis of breast cancer, as well as recent advances. The reversibility of DNA methylation is utilized to target specific methylation aberrant promoters as well as related enzymes, from early prevention to late targeted therapy, to understand the journey of DNA methylation in breast cancer with a more comprehensive perspective. Meanwhile, methylation inhibitors in combination with other therapies have a wide range of prospects, providing hope to drug-resistant breast cancer patients.

Indexed as

Biomarkers, TumorBreast NeoplasmsDNA MethylationEpigenesis, GeneticFemaleHumansPrognosisBiomarkers, Tumorbreast cancerDNA methylationEpigeneticsprognosistreatment.triple-negative breast cancer

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PMID38441008

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