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p53 Codon 72 polymorphism in gastric cancer susceptibility in patients with Helicobacter pylori-associated chronic gastritis.
International journal of cancer - 20 Jul 2002
Hiyama Toru, Tanaka Shinji, Kitadai Yasuhiko, Ito Masanori, Sumii Masaharu, Yoshihara Masaharu, Shimamoto Fumio, Haruma Ken, Chayama Kazuaki
Abstract excerpt
p53 codon 72, which produces variant proteins with an arginine (Arg) or proline (Pro), has been reported to be associated with cancers of the lung, esophagus and cervix. However, there have been no reports on the p53 codon 72 polymorphism in gastric cancer susceptibility in patients with Helicobacter pylori-associated chronic gastritis (H. pylori-CG). We, therefore, examined the polymorphism in 117 gastric cancer...
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