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Vascular endothelial growth factor gene-460 C/T polymorphism is a biomarker for oral cancer.
Oral oncology - 1 May 2005
Ku Kuo-Tung, Wan Lei, Peng Hui-Chen, Tsai Ming-Hsui, Tsai Chang-Hai, Tsai Fuu-Jen
Abstract excerpt
Oral cancer is one of the most common malignant diseases in Taiwan. The incidence of male oral cancer is 9.01 times than that of female. The formation or progression of oral cancer may be associated with a polymorphism of the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) gene. The most frequently seen polymorphism is BstUI (C to T) located at the -460th nucleotide upstream of the VEGF gene. We investigated whether...
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