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Association of thymidylate synthase and hypoxia inducible factor-1alpha DNA polymorphisms with pancreatic cancer.
Tumori - 1 Jan 2000
Ruiz-Tovar Jaime, Fernandez-Contreras Maria Encarnación, Martín-Perez Elena, Gamallo Carlos
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BACKGROUND: Thymidylate synthase and hypoxia inducible factor-1α play a central role in the control of tumor progression. In the present study, we investigated the effect of three DNA polymorphisms within the thymidylate synthase gene and two within hypoxia inducible factor-1α on the prognosis of pancreatic cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A retrospective study was performed in 59 patients diagnosed with invasive...
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