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Four common vascular endothelial growth factor polymorphisms (-2578C>A, -460C>T, +936C>T, and +405G>C) in susceptibility to lung cancer: a meta-analysis.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Lin Ling, Cao Kejian, Chen Wenhu, Pan Xufeng, Zhao Heng
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is one of the key initiators and regulators of angiogenesis and it plays a vital role in the onset and development of malignancy. The association between VEGF gene polymorphisms and lung cancer risk has been extensively studied in recent years, but currently available results remain controversial or ambiguous. The aim of this meta-analysis is to...
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