Article
Association of diabetes susceptibility gene calpain-10 with pancreatic cancer among smokers.
Journal of gastrointestinal cancer - 1 Sept 2010
Fong Pui-yee, Fesinmeyer Megan D, White Emily, Farin Federico M, Srinouanprachanh Sengkeo, Afsharinejad Zahra, Mandelson Margaret T, Brentnall Teresa A, Barnett Matt J, Goodman Gary E, Austin Melissa A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to test the association between calpain-10 (CAPN10), a diabetes susceptibility gene, with risk of pancreatic cancer (PC). METHODS: DNA samples from 83 incident exocrine PC cases and 166 controls, all of whom were smokers, were genotyped for four markers of CAPN10 in a nested case-control study based on the Beta-Carotene and Retinol Efficacy Trial (CARET), a randomized...
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