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Promoter methylation and polymorphism of E-cadherin gene may confer a risk to prostate cancer: a meta-analysis based on 22 studies.
Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine - 1 Oct 2014
Chang Zheng, Zhou Hongbing, Liu Yi
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Emerging evidence has suggested that -160C/A polymorphism and promoter methylation of E-cadherin gene may contribute to the risk of prostate cancer. However, the results are still conflicting. We aim to systematically evaluate the potential of promoter methylation and polymorphism in E-cadherin gene to confer a risk to prostate cancer through meta-analysis. PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, and...
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