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Nucleotide excision repair core gene polymorphisms and risk of second primary malignancy in patients with index squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.
Carcinogenesis - 1 Jun 2009
Zafereo Mark E, Sturgis Erich M, Liu Zhensheng, Wang Li-E, Wei Qingyi, Li Guojun
Abstract excerpt
The nucleotide excision repair (NER) pathway is central in response to damage induced by environmental carcinogens. Efficiency of this pathway, probably genetically determined, may modulate individual risk of developing squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN) as well as second primary malignancy (SPM) after the index tumor. We hypothesized that common non-synonymous and regulatory single-nucleotide...
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