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CYP17 MspA1 polymorphism and risk of biliary tract cancers and gallstones: a population-based study in Shanghai, China.
International journal of cancer - 1 Jun 2006
Hou Lifang, Xu Jianfeng, Gao Yu-Tang, Rashid Asif, Zheng Síqun Lilly, Sakoda Lori C, Shen Ming-Chang, Wang Bing-Sheng, Deng Jie, Han Tian-Quan, Zhang Bai-He, Meyers Deborah A, Fraumeni Joseph F, Hsing Ann W
Abstract excerpt
Biliary tract cancers, encompassing cancers of the gallbladder, extrahepatic bile duct and ampulla of Vater, are rare but highly fatal malignancies. Other than gallstones, little is known about the risk factors for biliary tract cancers. Endogenous estrogens are thought to play a role in the etiology of gallstones and gallbladder cancer, since both conditions predominate in females and are associated with parity...
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