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Lack of association between genetic polymorphisms in cytokine genes and tumor recurrence in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma undergoing transplantation.
Hepatobiliary & pancreatic diseases international : HBPD INT - 1 Feb 2013
Wu Li-Ming, Zhou Lin, Xu Jun, Wei Ba-Jin, Cheng Jun, Xu Xiao, Xi Bin, Xie Hai-Yang, Zheng Shu-Sen
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BACKGROUND: Recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) after liver transplantation (LT) remains one of the most common causes of poor long-term survival. However, the host genetic factors affecting increased risk of tumor recurrence after transplantation have not been thoroughly elucidated. The present study was designed to investigate the association of cytokine gene polymorphisms with the risk of tumor...
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