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Polymorphisms in the CASP8 gene and the risk of epithelial ovarian cancer.
Gynecologic oncology - 1 Sept 2011
Ma Xiangdong, Zhang Jianfang, Liu Shujuan, Huang Yanhong, Chen Biliang, Wang Detang
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OBJECTIVE: The CASP8 gene plays a central role in the apoptotic pathway and is therefore a plausible cancer susceptibility gene. However, the precise role of the CASP8 gene in epithelial ovarian cancer carcinogenesis is unclear. Therefore, we analyzed the correlation between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and haplotypes in CASP8 and the risk and clinical characteristics of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC)...
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