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Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and gastric cardia adenocarcinoma shared susceptibility locus in PLCE1: a meta-analysis.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Mai Ruiqin, Cheng Yabin, Huang Yuanshen, Zhang Guohong
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Two recent genome-wide association studies have identified a shared susceptibility variation PLCE1 rs2274223 for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) and gastric cardia adenocarcinomas (GCA). Subsequent case-control studies have reported this association in other populations. However, the findings were controversial and the effect remains undetermined. Our aim is to provide a...
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