Article
Association between smoking and p53 mutation in lung cancer: a meta-analysis.
Clinical oncology (Royal College of Radiologists (Great Britain)) - 1 Jan 2014
Liu X, Lin X J, Wang C P, Yan K K, Zhao L Y, An W X, Liu X D
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: To carry out a meta-analysis on the relationship between smoking and p53 gene mutation in lung cancer patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: PubMed, Web of Science, ProQest and Medline were searched by using the key words: 'lung cancer or lung neoplasm or lung carcinoma', 'p53 mutation' and 'smoking'. According to the selection criteria, 15 articles were identified and methodologically analysed by stata 12.0...
Topics
- Genes, p53
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Lung Neoplasms
- Mutation
- Risk Factors
- Smoking
