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Education, tobacco smoking, alcohol consumption, and IL-2 and IL-6 gene polymorphisms in the survival of head and neck cancer.
Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas - 1 Oct 2011
López R V M, Zago M A, Eluf-Neto J, Curado M P, Daudt A W, da Silva-Junior W A, Zanette D L, Levi J E, de Carvalho M B, Kowalski L P, Abrahão M, de Góis-Filho J F, Boffetta P, Wünsch-Filho V
Abstract excerpt
The association of education, tobacco smoking, alcohol consumption, and interleukin-2 (IL-2 +114 and -384) and -6 (IL-6 -174) DNA polymorphisms with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) was investigated in a cohort study of 445 subjects. IL-2 and IL-6 genotypes were determined by real-time PCR. Cox regression was used to estimate hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (95%CI) of disease-specific...
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