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Association between dietary folate intake and clinical outcome in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.
Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology - 1 Jan 2012
Kawakita D, Matsuo K, Sato F, Oze I, Hosono S, Ito H, Watanabe M, Yatabe Y, Hanai N, Hasegawa Y, Tajima K, Murakami S, Tanaka H
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The association between dietary folate intake, two polymorphisms in methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) and thymidylate synthase (TYMS), and survival in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) patients is not clarified. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of 437 HNSCC patients treated at Aichi Cancer Center. We evaluated the survival impact of pretreatment...
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