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Genetic variation in selenoprotein genes, lifestyle, and risk of colon and rectal cancer.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Slattery Martha L, Lundgreen Abbie, Welbourn Bill, Corcoran Christopher, Wolff Roger K
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Associations between selenium and cancer have directed attention to role of selenoproteins in the carcinogenic process. METHODS: We used data from two population-based case-control studies of colon (n = 1555 cases, 1956 controls) and rectal (n = 754 cases, 959 controls) cancer. We evaluated the association between genetic variation in TXNRD1, TXNRD2, TXNRD3, C11orf31 (SelH), SelW, SelN1, SelS, SepX,...
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