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Inflammatory response gene polymorphisms and their relationship with colorectal cancer risk.
BMC cancer - 23 Apr 2008
Suchy Janina, Kłujszo-Grabowska Ewa, Kładny Józef, Cybulski Cezary, Wokołorczyk Dominika, Szymańska-Pasternak Jolanta, Kurzawski Grzegorz, Scott Rodney J, Lubiński Jan
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Patients with chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are at an increased risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) and it is estimated that one in six persons diagnosed with IBD will develop CRC. This fact suggests that genetic variations in inflammatory response genes may act as CRC disease risk modifiers. METHODS: In order to test this hypothesis we investigated a series of polymorphisms in 6 genes (NOD2,...
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