China Oncology ›› 2017, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (4): 304-311.doi: 10.19401/j.cnki.1007-3639.2017.04.011

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Research progress of DNA methylation in thyroid cancer

CAO Yiming, ZHU Yongxue   

  1. Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center; Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
  • Online:2017-04-30 Published:2017-05-05
  • Contact: ZHU Yongxue E-mail: zhuyongxue163@126.com

Abstract: DNA methylation is an important epigenetic modification. Evaluating the status of DNA methylation could be useful for diagnosis, prognostic evaluation and predicting the risk of cancer. Thyroid cancer is the most prevalent endocrine malignancy in humans. Growing evidence shows that epigenetic abnormalities participate with genetic alterations in carcinogenesis of thyroid cancer. This article reviewed the recent research progress of DNA methylation in thyroid cancer.

Key words: Thyroid cancer, Epigenetics, DNA methylation