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Aurora-A and Cyclin D1 polymorphisms and the age of onset of colorectal cancer in hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer.
International journal of cancer - 15 Mar 2008
Talseth Bente A, Ashton Katie A, Meldrum Cliff, Suchy Janina, Kurzawski Grzegorz, Lubinski Jan, Scott Rodney J
Abstract excerpt
Polymorphisms in the 2 cell-cycle control genes Aurora A and Cyclin D1 have previously been associated with changes in the age of onset of colorectal cancer in persons harboring germline mutations in DNA mismatch repair genes associated with hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC). In this report, we have genotyped 312 individuals, who all harbored confirmed causative mutations in either hMSH2 or hMLH1,...
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