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GENOTYPE ASSOCIATION GSTM1 NULL AND GASTRIC CANCER: EVIDENCE-BASED META-ANALYSIS.
Arquivos de gastroenterologia - 1 Jan 2000
Ribeiro Rívian Xavier, Nascimento Cícera Isabella Leão Leite, Silva Antonio Márcio Teodoro Cordeiro
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BACKGROUND: Gastric cancer is the fourth most common cancer in men and the sixth among women, except for non-melanoma skin tumors, in Brazil. Epidemiological evidences reveal the multifactorial etiology of this cancer, highlighting risk factors such as: infection by the bacterium Helicobacter pylori, advanced age, smoking, chronic alcohol abuse, eating habits and genetic polymorphisms. Considering the context of...
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