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Association between EGF promoter polymorphisms and cancer risk: a meta-analysis.
Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) - 1 Dec 2010
Xu Wei, Li Yan, Wang Xueli, Chen Bo, Liu Shan, Wang Yan, Zhao Weihong, Wu Jianqing
Abstract excerpt
EGF promoter polymorphisms are observed to modulate EGF levels and thought to have effect on susceptibility to various carcinomas but the results are inconsistent. In this meta-analysis, we assessed published studies of the association between three EGF polymorphisms and cancer risk from 21 studies with 14,609 subjects for EGF G61A, from two studies with 2,535 subjects for G-1380A and A-1744G, respectively. For...
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