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Epidermal growth factor receptor gene polymorphisms and gastric cancer in Iran.
Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP - 1 Jan 2013
Abediankenari Saeid, Jeivad Fereshteh
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BACKGROUND: Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is a transmembrane receptor which contributes to many processes involved in cell survival, proliferation and inhibits apoptosis, that may lead to cancer development. Gastric cancer is one of the most common diseases of digestive system that has low 5-year-survival. The aim of this research was to determine the significance of EGFR tyrosine kinase domain gene...
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