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Energy balance, the PI3K-AKT-mTOR pathway genes, and the risk of bladder cancer.
Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.) - 1 Apr 2010
Lin Jie, Wang Jianming, Greisinger Anthony J, Grossman H Barton, Forman Michele R, Dinney Colin P, Hawk Ernest T, Wu Xifeng
Abstract excerpt
We evaluated the association between energy balance and risk of bladder cancer and assessed the joint effects of genetic variants in the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway genes with energy balance. The study included 803 Caucasian bladder cancer patients and 803 healthy Caucasian controls matched to cases by age (+/-5 years) and gender. High energy intake [odds ratio, 1.60; 95% confidence interval (95%...
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