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No association of TNF-α-308G/A polymorphisms with head and neck cancer risk: A PRISMA-compliant meta-analysis.
Medicine - 1 Jun 2017
Yuan Cheng, Xu Xin-Hua, Xu Lu, Liu Yang, Sun Min, Ni Li-Hua, Wang Xiao-Long, Chen Zhuo, Zhang Kun, Zeng Guang
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: A number of studies had reported the association between tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) gene polymorphisms and head and neck cancer (HNC) risk. However, the results remained controversial. Therefore, we performed a meta-analysis to derive a more precise evaluation of the association between TNF-α-308G/A polymorphism and overall HNC risk and evaluated influence of cancer types and ethnicities....
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