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Dietary folate and vitamin B12 intake before diagnosis decreases gastric cancer mortality risk among susceptible MTHFR 677TT carriers.
Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.) - 1 Feb 2010
Galván-Portillo Marcia V, Oñate-Ocaña Luis F, Pérez-Pérez Guillermo I, Chen Jia, Herrera-Goepfert Roberto, Chihu-Amparan Lilia, Flores-Luna Lourdes, Mohar-Betancourt Alejandro, López-Carrillo Lizbeth
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OBJECTIVE: To assess gastric cancer survival in relation to dietary intake of methyl donors and the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase 677C>T (MTHFR 677C>T) polymorphism. METHODS: A prospective cohort of 257 incidental, histologically confirmed gastric cancer cases was assembled in January 2004 and followed until June 2006. Patients were recruited from the main oncology and/or gastroenterology units in Mexico...
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