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Table 2 Applications for clinical cancer management

From: Epigenetic impact of infection on carcinogenesis: mechanisms and applications

Application

Example

Cancer diagnosis

 

 Cancer risk

Prediction of metachronous gastric cancer [22]

 Cancer detection

Early detection of cervical cancer [109]

Cancer prevention

Suppression of H. pylori-induced gastric cancers by 5-aza-2′-deoxycytidine in animal model [151]

Cancer therapy

DNA demethylating agents and histone deacetylase inhibitors (not specific to infection-associated cancers) [155]