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Study on association between ERCC5 single nucleotide polymorphism and susceptibility to esophageal cancer.
Journal of B.U.ON. : official journal of the Balkan Union of Oncology - 1 Jan 2000
Zhang Caiming, Liao Zhengwen, Yu Guodong, Huang Wenhua, Song Xiaoning
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: DNA repair genes play important roles in the genesis of esophageal cancer, and their functional single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) loci may affect the susceptibility to esophageal cancer through changing the capability of DNA damage repair. METHODS: A total of 557 patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and 1503 age- and gender-matched healthy people were selected in this study. The...
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