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Candidate gene association study of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in a high-risk region in Iran.
Cancer research - 15 Oct 2009
Akbari Mohammad R, Malekzadeh Reza, Shakeri Ramin, Nasrollahzadeh Dariush, Foumani Maryam, Sun Yulong, Pourshams Akram, Sadjadi Alireza, Jafari Elham, Sotoudeh Masoud, Kamangar Farin, Boffetta Paolo, Dawsey Sanford M, Ghadirian Parviz, Narod Steven A
Abstract excerpt
There is a region with a high risk for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) in the northeast of Iran. Previous studies suggest that hereditary factors play a role in the high incidence of cancer in the region. We selected 22 functional variants (and 130 related tagSNPs) from 15 genes that ha...
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