Article
Five COX-2 gene polymorphisms and risk of breast cancer: an updated meta-analysis based on 19 case-control studies.
Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) - 1 Jan 2015
Li Qing, Liu Liu, Liu Yanling, Zhou Huirong, Yang Zhi, Yuan Keng, Min Weiping
Abstract excerpt
The correlationship between COX-2 gene polymorphisms and breast cancer has been wildly studied, but the results remain controversial. Hence, the present meta-analysis aimed to investigate the association between COX-2 SNPs (rs5275, rs20417, rs689466, rs5277, rs2206593) and risk of breast cancer. Data were collected from PubMed, Embase and China National Knowledge Infrastructure. Summary odds ratio (OR) with 95 %...