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Genetic variants of the XRCC7 gene involved in DNA repair and risk of human bladder cancer.
International journal of urology : official journal of the Japanese Urological Association - 1 Jun 2008
Wang Shou-Yu, Peng Lei, Li Chun-Ping, Li Ai-Ping, Zhou Jian-Wei, Zhang Zheng-Dong, Liu Qi-Zhan
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between the polymorphisms of the KU70 and X-ray repair cross complementing group 7 (XRCC7) genes and the risk of bladder cancer. METHODS: This hospital-based case-control study included 213 patients with newly diagnosed bladder transitional cell carcinoma and 235 cancer-free controls frequency-matched by age and sex. Two polymorphisms, KU70 and XRCC7, using a method...
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