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Potentially Functional Variants of ATG16L2 Predict Radiation Pneumonitis and Outcomes in Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer after Definitive Radiotherapy.
Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer - 1 May 2018
Wen Juyi, Liu Hongliang, Wang Lili, Wang Xiaomeng, Gu Ning, Liu Zhensheng, Xu Ting, Gomez Daniel R, Komaki Ritsuko, Liao Zhongxing, Wei Qingyi
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INTRODUCTION: Autophagy not only plays an important role in the progression of cancer but is also involved in tissue inflammatory response. However, few published studies have investigated associations between functional genetic variants of autophagy-related genes and radiation pneumonitis (RP) as well as clinical outcomes in patients with NSCLC after definitive radiotherapy. METHODS: We genotyped nine...
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