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Androgen receptor CAG repeat length and risk of biliary tract cancer and stones.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 Mar 2010
Meyer Tamra E, O'Brien Thomas G, Andreotti Gabriella, Yu Kai, Li Qizhai, Gao Yu-Tang, Rashid Asif, Shen Ming-Chang, Wang Bing-Sheng, Han Tian-Quan, Zhang Bai-He, Niwa Shelley, Fraumeni Joseph F, Hsing Ann W
Abstract excerpt
Biliary tract cancers, encompassing cancers of the gallbladder, extrahepatic bile ducts, and ampulla of Vater, are rare but highly fatal. Gallstones represent the major risk factor for biliary tract cancer, and share with gallbladder cancer a female predominance and an association with reproducti...
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