Epigenetic variability in cells of normal cytology is associated with the risk of future morphological transformation.

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Published in Genome Med on March 27, 2012

Authors

Andrew E Teschendorff1, Allison Jones, Heidi Fiegl, Alexandra Sargent, Joanna J Zhuang, Henry C Kitchener, Martin Widschwendter

Author Affiliations

1: Statistical Genomics Group, Paul O'Gorman Building, UCL Cancer Institute, University College London, 72 Huntley Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK. A.Teschendorff@ucl.ac.uk.

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