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Two DNA repair gene polymorphisms on the risk of gastrointestinal cancers: a meta-analysis.
Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine - 1 Mar 2014
Hu Yue, Zhou Min, Li Kang, Zhang Kai, Kong Xiangquan, Zheng Yamei, Li Jianxu, Liu Li
Abstract excerpt
PARP-1 and MGMT play an important role in the DNA repair system and therefore have been implicated in human carcinogenesis. However, the association between the most studied PARP-1 rs1136410: T > C and MGMT rs12917: C > T polymorphism and risk of gastrointestinal (GI) cancers was reported with inconclusive results. Accordingly, a meta-analysis of 23 published case-control studies was conducted to assess the...
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