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p16 gene silencing along with p53 single-nucleotide polymorphism and risk of esophageal cancer in Northeast India.
Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine - 1 May 2017
Das Mandakini, Sharma Santanu Kumar, Sekhon Gaganpreet Singh, Mahanta Jagadish, Phukan Rup Kumar, Jalan Bimal Kumar
Abstract excerpt
The high incidence of esophageal cancer in Northeast India and the unique ethnic background and dietary habits provide a great opportunity to study the molecular genetics behind esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in this part of the region. We hypothesized that in addition to currently known environmental risk factors for esophageal cancer, genetic and epigenetic factors are also involved in esophageal...
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