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Genetic variants at 4q23 and 12q24 are associated with head and neck cancer risk in China.
Molecular carcinogenesis - 1 Nov 2013
Yuan Hua, Ma Hongxia, Lu Feng, Yuan Zhiyao, Wang Ruixia, Jiang Hongbing, Hu Zhibin, Shen Hongbing, Chen Ning
Abstract excerpt
A recent genome-wide association study (GWAS) reported significant associations of several novel genetic variants with risk of upper aerodigestive tract (UADT) cancers including head and neck cancer (HNC) in Europeans. However, these findings have not been confirmed in other populations including Chinese. According to the findings from the GWAS and other publications, we genotyped six genetic variants (rs1494961,...
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