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Genetic susceptibility to the endemic form of NPC.
Chinese clinical oncology - 1 Apr 2016
Bei Jin-Xin, Zuo Xiao-Yu, Liu Wen-Sheng, Guo Yun-Miao, Zeng Yi-Xin
Abstract excerpt
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a malignancy with remarkably high prevalence in East Asia. Lines of evidence have suggested the involvement of genetic lesions in the etiology of NPC, together with the contributions of Epstein-Barr virus infection and environmental exposures. Linkage and association studies, either based on candidate genes or genome-wide levels, have been conducted to dissect the genetic...
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