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Table of Contents...

Contributing Authors...

Part I Early Epigenetic Changes and New Epigenetic Targets in Different Types of Cancers

1. Early Epigenetic Markers for Precision Medicine Ramona G. Dumitrescu

2. Interplay between Genetic and Epigenetic Changes in Breast Cancer Subtypes

Ramona G. Dumitrescu

1. Role of Microbiome in Carcinogenesis Process and Epigenetic Regulation of Colorectal Cancer

Lulu Farhana, Hirendra N. Banerjee, Mukesh Verma, and Adhip PN Majumdar

1. Epigenome-Based Precision Medicine in Lung Cancer

Dong Hao Jin and Duk-Hwan Kim

1. Epigenetics in Hematological Malignancies

N. Cruz-Rodriguez, AL Combita, and J. Zabaleta

1. MicroRNAs Role in Prostate Cancer

Ovidiu Balacescu, Ramona G. Dumitrescu, and Catalin Marian

Part II Contributing Environmental Factors to Epigenetic Changes Leading to Cancer Development

1. The Effects of Dietary Nutrients on Epigenetic Changes in Cancer

Nicoleta Andreescu, Maria Puiu, and Mihai Niculescu

1. Diet, Microbiome, and Epigenetics in the Era of Precision Medicine

Gabriela Riscuta, Linda Duffy, Dan Xi, Dudith Pierre-Victor, Pamela Starke-Reed, and Jag Khalsa

1. Alcohol-Induced Epigenetic Changes in Cancer

Ramona G. Dumitrescu

1. Epigenetic Basis of Circadian Rhythm Disruption in Cancer

Edyta Reszka and Shanbeh Zienolddiny

1. Epigenetic Changes of the Immune System with Role in Tumor Development

Irina Daniela Florea and Christina Karaoulani

1. DNA Methylation as a Biomarker of Aging in Epidemiologic Studies

Unhee Lim and Min-Ae Song

1. Challenges and Opportunities in Social Epigenomics and Cancer

Krishna Banaudha, Vineet Kumar, and Mukesh Verma

Part III Methods Used in Cancer Epigenomics

1. Epigenetic and Genetic Regulation of PDCD1 Gene in Cancer Immunology

Alok Mishra and Mukesh Verma

1. Methylation and Micro RNA Profiling to Understand Racial Disparities of Prostate Cancer

Hirendra Nath Banerjee, William Kahan, Vineet Kumar, and Mukesh Verma

1. Analysis of DNA Hypermethylation in Pancreatic Cancer using Methylation Specific PCR and Bisulfite Sequencing

Bin Liu and Christian Pilarsky

1. Pyrosequencing Methylation Analysis

Matthew Poulin, Jeffrey Y. Zhou, Liying Yan, and Toshi Shioda