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A novel functional DEC1 promoter polymorphism -249T>C reduces risk of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.
Carcinogenesis - 1 Dec 2010
Huang Yu-Jing, Niu Jiangong, Wei Sheng, Yin Ming, Liu Zhensheng, Wang Li-E, Sturgis Erich M, Wei Qingyi
Abstract excerpt
Human DEC1 (deleted in esophageal cancer 1) gene is located on chromosome 9q, a region frequently deleted in various types of human cancers, including squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN). However, only one epidemiological study has evaluated the association between DEC1 polymorphisms and cancer risk. In this hospital-based case-control study, four potentially functional single-nucleotide...
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