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Pooled analysis of the association of PTGS2 rs5275 polymorphism and NSAID use with invasive ovarian carcinoma risk.
Cancer causes & control : CCC - 1 Oct 2010
Lurie Galina, Terry Kathryn L, Wilkens Lynne R, Thompson Pamela J, McDuffie Katharine E, Carney Michael E, Palmieri Rachel T, Cramer Daniel W, Goodman Marc T
Abstract excerpt
Inflammation is postulated to play an important role in ovarian carcinogenesis. Prostaglandin endoperoxide synthase 2 (PTGS2) is responsible for the conversion of arachidonic acid to prostaglandins in response to inflammation. In a pooled analysis of two population-based studies, the Hawaii Ovarian Cancer Case-Control Study and the New England Case-Control Study, including 1,025 women with invasive ovarian...
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