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Diet folate, DNA methylation and genetic polymorphisms of MTHFR C677T in association with the prognosis of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.
BMC cancer - 5 Mar 2011
Lu Cheng, Xie Hui, Wang Fengliang, Shen Hongbing, Wang Jianming
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BACKGROUND: Folic acid may affect the development of human cancers. However, few studies have evaluated the consumption of diet folate in the prognosis of patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). METHODS: One hundred and twenty five ESCC patients underwent esophagectomy between January 2005 and March 2006 in the Yangzhong People's Hospital were recruited and followed up. The effects of diet...
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