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Genetic polymorphisms in one-carbon metabolism: associations with CpG island methylator phenotype (CIMP) in colon cancer and the modifying effects of diet.
Carcinogenesis - 1 Aug 2007
Curtin Karen, Slattery Martha L, Ulrich Cornelia M, Bigler Jeannette, Levin Theodore R, Wolff Roger K, Albertsen Hans, Potter John D, Samowitz Wade S
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This study investigated associations between CpG island methylator phenotype (CIMP) colon cancer and genetic polymorphisms relevant to one-carbon metabolism and thus, potentially the provision of methyl groups and risk of colon cancer. Data from a large, population-based case-control study (916 i...
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