Abstract:Background: Prediction and improvement of prognosis is important for effective clinical management of colon cancer patients. Accumulation of a variety of genetic as well as epigenetic changes in colon epithelial cells has been identified as one of the fundamental processes that drive the initiation and progression of colon cancer. This study aimed to explore functional genes regulated by DNA methylation and the potential of these DNA methylation changes to become biomarkers predictive of colon cancer prognosis… Show more
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