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Polymorphisms of the NER pathway genes, ERCC1 and XPD are associated with esophageal adenocarcinoma risk.
Cancer causes & control : CCC - 1 Dec 2008
Tse Darren, Zhai Rihong, Zhou Wei, Heist Rebecca S, Asomaning Kofi, Su Li, Lynch Thomas J, Wain John C, Christiani David C, Liu Geoffrey
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PURPOSE: Functional variation in DNA repair capacity through single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of key repair genes is associated with a higher risk of developing various types of cancer. Studies have focused on the nucleotide excision repair (NER) and base excision repair (BER) pathways. We...
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