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DNA repair gene polymorphisms and risk of second primary neoplasms and mortality in oral cancer patients.
The Laryngoscope - 1 Dec 2005
Gal Thomas J, Huang Wen-Yi, Chen Chu, Hayes Richard B, Schwartz Stephen M
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OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS: We tested the hypothesis that polymorphisms in genes involved in DNA repair pathways are associated with the development of second primary neoplasms of the upper aerodigestive tract (UADT), as well as mortality, in patients previously diagnosed with oral squamous cell cancer (OSCC). METHODS: DNA specimens from 279 OSCC patients who had participated in two previous population-based...
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