Detection of RASSF1A methylation in human prostate cancer using methylation-sensitive high-resolution melting (MS-HRM)

• Main Authors: Cano, Jason Kidd B., Concepcion, Joey Brianne C., Jerez, Gabrielle Rose R., Juridico, Kristine Faith T., Castillo, Josefino R.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2019
• Subjects: Prostate—Cancer; Prostate—Diseases—Diagnosis; Methylation; Male Urogenital Diseases
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/11202
• Institution: De La Salle University

Prostate cancer (PCa) is considered as the second leading cause of death due to cancer in men worldwide and the seventh leading cause of high cancer mortality rate in the Philippines. As other diagnostic methods have shown to be less specific, an epigenetic method called DNA methylation has been the...