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Association of p53 codon 72 polymorphism with risk of hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma in Taiwan.
Journal of the Formosan Medical Association = Taiwan yi zhi - 1 Feb 2006
Twu Chih-Wen, Jiang Rong-San, Shu Chih-Hung, Lin Jin-Ching
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BACKGROUND: p53 polymorphism at codon 72 is a known risk marker for various malignancies, but it has not been studied in hypopharyngeal cancer. This study investigated the genotype distribution of p53 codon 72 polymorphism in hypopharyngeal cancer patients and non-cancer controls matched for age, gender, alcohol consumption and smoking habit. METHODS: Genomic DNA was extracted from peripheral blood cells of 53...
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