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The xeroderma pigmentosum group C gene polymorphisms and genetic susceptibility of nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
Acta oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden) - 1 Jan 2008
Yang Zhi-Hui, Liang Wei-Bo, Jia Jing, Wei Ye-Sheng, Zhou Bin, Zhang Lin
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AIMS: Nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) is a multi-factorial disease, and the genetic background may be a crucial etiologic factor. The xeroderma pigmentosum complementation group C (XPC) is mainly involved in DNA damage repair, and the sequence variants in XPC gene may modulate DNA repair capacity and consequently lead to an individual's susceptibility to NPC. The aims of this study were to examine the association...
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