Original Article
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World J Gastrointest Oncol. Aug 15, 2012; 4(8): 193-201
Published online Aug 15, 2012. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v4.i8.193
Leukocyte DNA methylation and colorectal cancer among male smokers
Ying Gao, Keith Killian, Hong Zhang, Kai Yu, Qi-Zhai Li, Stephanie Weinstein, Jarmo Virtamo, Margaret Tucker, Philip Taylor, Demetrius Albanes, Paul Meltzer, Neil Caporaso
Ying Gao, Kai Yu, Stephanie Weinstein, Margaret Tucker, Philip Taylor, Demetrius Albanes, Neil Caporaso, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20852, United States
Keith Killian, Paul Meltzer, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20852, United States
Hong Zhang, Institute of Biostatistics, School of Life Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
Qi-Zhai Li, Department of Statistics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
Jarmo Virtamo, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki FI-00271, Finland
Author contributions: Gao Y and Caporaso N designed the study; Gao Y, Zhang H, Yu K and Li QZ analyzed the data; Gao Y and Caporaso N wrote the report; Killian K and Meltzer P conducted laboratory assays; all authors read, gave comments, and approved the final version of the manuscript; Gao Y had full access to all of the data in the study and take responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis.
Supported by Grants from the Intramural Research Program of the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
Correspondence to: Ying Gao, MD, PhD, Professor, Genetic Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, 6120 Executive Boulevard, Bldg. EPS/Room 7110, NIH/NCI, Bethesda, MD 20892, United States. gaoying@mail.nih.gov
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Received: January 13, 2012
Revised: July 13, 2012
Accepted: July 20, 2012
Published online: August 15, 2012
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