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Mitochondrial DNA somatic mutations are frequent in nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
Cancer biology & therapy - 1 Feb 2008
Pang Ling-Juan, Shao Jian-Yong, Liang Xiao-Man, Xia Yun-Fei, Zeng Yi-Xin
Abstract excerpt
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is one of the most common cancers in southern China, and is highly sensitive to radiotherapy. The control region (D-loop) of mtDNA is a polymorphic region in which point mutations occur frequently. In this study, point mutation and common deletion (CD) mutations wer...
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