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Mucin 1 gene (MUC1) and gastric-cancer susceptibility.
International journal of molecular sciences - 7 May 2014
Saeki Norihisa, Sakamoto Hiromi, Yoshida Teruhiko
Abstract excerpt
Gastric cancer (GC) is one of the major malignant diseases worldwide, especially in Asia. It is classified into intestinal and diffuse types. While the intestinal-type GC (IGC) is almost certainly caused by Helicobacter pylori (HP) infection, its role in the diffuse-type GC (DGC) appears limited. Recently, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) on Japanese and Chinese populations identified chromosome 1q22 as a...
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