The cancer epigenetics of imprinting
Aberrations in the epigenetic phenomenon known as imprinting is a highly frequent early event in tumorigenesis (initiation of cancer) of a large number of tumors including acute myeloid leukemia (AML), Barrett's esophagus, breast cancer, chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), colorectal cancer, esophageal cancer, Ewing's sarcoma, glioma, laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma, hepatoblastoma, lung adenocarcinoma, meningioma, osteosarcoma, ovarian [...]