Article
Polymorphisms of DNA repair gene XRCC1 and risk of glioma: a case-control study in Southern China.
Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP - 1 Jan 2011
Zhou Lu-Qiu, Ma Zhen, Shi Xiao-Feng, Yin Xi-Long, Huang Kai-Xiong, Jiu Zhi-Song, Kong Wei-Long
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to examine associations between polymorphisms in the X-ray cross- complementing group 1 (XRCC 1) gene and risk of glioma in a Chinese population. METHODS: We performed a hospital-based case-control study with 271 cases and 289 controls in Guangdong province, China. Cases were patients newly diagnosed with pathologically confirmed glioma in two hospitals between June 2006 and May 2010....
Topics
- Adult
- Brain Neoplasms
- Case-Control Studies
- China
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genotype
- Glioma
- Humans
- Male
