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Association of a missense single nucleotide polymorphism, Cys1367Arg of the WRN gene, with the risk of bone and soft tissue sarcomas in Japan.
Cancer science - 1 Feb 2008
Nakayama Robert, Sato Yasunori, Masutani Mitsuko, Ogino Hideki, Nakatani Fumihiko, Chuman Hirokazu, Beppu Yasuo, Morioka Hideo, Yabe Hiroo, Hirose Hiroshi, Sugimura Haruhiko, Sakamoto Hiromi, Ohta Tsutomu, Toyama Yoshiaki, Yoshida Teruhiko, Kawai Akira
Abstract excerpt
Bone and soft tissue sarcomas (BSTSs) are rare malignant tumors of mesenchymal origin. Although BSTSs frequently occur in some hereditary cancer syndromes with germline mutations of DNA repair genes, genetic factors responsible for sporadic cases have not been determined. In the present study we...
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