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No association between SNP309 promoter polymorphism in the MDM2 and cervical cancer in a study from northeastern Brazil.
Cancer detection and prevention - 1 Jan 2007
Meissner Rosely de Vasconcellos, Barbosa Rodrigo Niskier Ferreira, Fernandes José Veríssimo, Galvão Tatiana Medeiros, Galvão Ana Flávia Oliveira, Oliveira Gustavo Henrique de Medeiros
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BACKGROUND: A functional variant in the MDM2 promoter (a T/G substitution, SNP309) was found to be associated with increased expression of MDM2 gene products and at significantly earlier age onset of tumors in both hereditary Li-Fraumeni individuals and sporadic cancer patients. We tested the hypothesis that this functional variant was associated with either risk or early age diagnosis of cervical cancer in a...
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