ea0032oc3.4 | Thyroid | ECE2013
Fernandez-Morera Juan Luis
, Rodriguez-Rodero Sandra
, Alvarez Elias Delgado
, Fernandez-Fernandez Agustin
, Fernandez-Vega Ivan
, Gonzalez-Marquez Rocio
, Sanchez-Rivas Veronica
, Suarez-Gutierrez Lorena
, Rodriguez Caballero Maria Galiana
, Blanco Jessica Ares
, Fernandez-Fraga Mario
, Menendez-Torre Edelmiro
Introduction: The global patterns of aberrant DNA methylation in thyroid cancer are not known. In this study, we have used DNA methylation arrays to determine, for the first time, the genome-wide promoter methylation status of different subtypes of thyroid tumors.Material and methods: We analyzed a cohort of 54 snap frozen thyroid samples (thirteen papillary tumors, six follicular, eleven anaplastic, twenty medullar and four normal tissue samples). Also ...