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Genetic susceptibility to head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.
International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics - 1 May 2014
Lacko Martin, Braakhuis Boudewijn J M, Sturgis Erich M, Boedeker Carsten C, Suárez Carlos, Rinaldo Alessandra, Ferlito Alfio, Takes Robert P
Abstract excerpt
Head-and-neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is the sixth most common cancer worldwide, and its incidence is growing. Although environmental carcinogens and carcinogenic viruses are the main etiologic factors, genetic predisposition obviously plays a risk-modulating role, given that not all individuals exposed to these carcinogens experience the disease. This review highlights some aspects of genetic...
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