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MS-920: DNA repair gene polymorphisms, diet and colorectal cancer risk in Taiwan.
Cancer letters - 28 Jun 2005
Yeh Chih-Ching, Hsieh Ling-Ling, Tang Reiping, Chang-Chieh Chung Rong, Sung Fung-Chang
Abstract excerpt
This hospital-based case-control study examined whether polymorphic DNA repair genes: XRCC1 Arg399Gln, XRCC3 Thr241Met and XPD Lys751Gln, play a role in the susceptibility to colorectal cancer. We genotyped these polymorphisms for 727 newly diagnosed colorectal adenocarcinoma cases and 736 age and sex matched healthy controls in Taiwan. Although the colorectal cancer risk was not significantly associated with...
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