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The -409 C/T genotype of PRSS1 protects against pancreatic cancer in the Han Chinese population.
Digestive diseases and sciences - 1 Feb 2012
Liu Qicai, Lin Xinhua, Liu Jingfeng, Liu Ailin, Gao Feng
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The high mortality rate of pancreatic cancer is a bottleneck for further treatment with long-term efficacy. Thus, it is urgent to identify new methods to accurately predict the early onset of pancreatic cancer. We hypothesized that the different genotypes of cationic trypsinogen (PRSS1) gene could confer susceptibility and/or resistance to pancreatic cancer in the Han Chinese population....
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