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Population stratification effect on cancer susceptibility in an admixed population from Brazilian Amazon.
Anticancer research - 1 Apr 2015
Vieira Priscilla Cristina Moura, Burbano Rommel Mario Rodríguez, Fernandes Débora Christina Ricardo Oliveira, Montenegro Raquel Carvalho, Dos Santos Sidney Emanuel Batista, Sortica Vinicius Albuquerque, Assumpção Paulo Pimentel, Ribeiro-Dos-Santos Ândrea Kely Campos, Carvalho Antônio Alberto, Dos Santos Ney Pereira Carneiro
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND/AIM: Many efforts have been made to identify candidate genes involved in cancer susceptibility. The present study aimed to investigate the association between Arg194Trp (XRCC1), Ala222Val (MTHFR) and Arg521Lys (EGFR) polymorphisms (SNPs) and their susceptibility to gastric and breast carcinoma cancer in patients from Brazilian Amazon, controlling population structure interference. MATERIALS AND...
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