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Vascular endothelial growth factor 936 C/T polymorphism is associated with vascular invasion in oral squamous cell carcinoma.
Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, oral radiology, and endodontics - 1 Jul 2008
Cheng Chieh-Yuan, Chang Che-Shoa, Liu Chung-Ji, Kao Shou-Yen
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to analyze the relation of VEGF 936 C/T polymorphisms in progression of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) patients and healthy subjects in Taiwan. STUDY DESIGN: We genotyped 218 patients with OSCC, comparing the genotypes and gene frequencies with thos...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Alleles
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
- Case-Control Studies
- DNA, Neoplasm
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mouth Neoplasms
- Neovascularization, Pathologic
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
