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Genetic variants of the p53 and p73 genes jointly increase risk of second primary malignancies in patients after index squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.
Cancer - 15 Jan 2012
Zhang Yang, Sturgis Erich M, Huang Zhigang, Zafereo Mark E, Wei Qingyi, Li Guojun
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BACKGROUND: Because of the structural and biochemical similarities between the antitumor p53 and p73 proteins, the authors hypothesized that individuals who carry high-risk genotypes of p53 codon 72 and p73 G4C14-to-A4T14 polymorphisms have a higher risk of developing second primary malignancy (SPM) after index squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN). METHODS: A cohort of 1269 patients with index...
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