title: Do we use the appropriate controls for the identification of informative methylation markers for early cancer detection?
abstract: It is possible to miss potential DNA methylation markers of tumorigenesis because of the initial filtering of profiling results on the basis of inappropriate controls.
authors.forename: Yasser
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Riazalhosseini
authors.forename: Jörg D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Hoheisel
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics*; D019175:DNA Methylation; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D004273:DNA, Neoplasm