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Etiology of gastric cancer: what is new?
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 Aug 2005
Correa Pelayo, Schneider Barbara G
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Recent advances in understanding of risk factors for gastric cancer have focused attention on genetic polymorphisms in both the human host and in Helicobacter pylori. Variation in genes for cytokines such as interleukin-1beta and its receptor antagonist may allow identification of those individuals predisposed to mount an immune response that puts them at elevated risk for gastric cancer. Likewise, analysis of...
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