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Genetic susceptibility--molecular epidemiology of head and neck cancer.
Current opinion in oncology - 1 May 2002
Sturgis Erich M, Wei Qingyi
Abstract excerpt
In parts of the developing world (South Central Asia in particular), squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN) is one of the most common malignancies encountered. Although tobacco and alcohol are clearly defined as etiologic factors in these malignancies, clinical observations have suggested that inherited genetic factors put some individuals at increased risk for SCCHN. Emerging data (both phenotypic...
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