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Assessment of DNA repair susceptibility genes identified by whole exome sequencing in head and neck cancer.
DNA repair - 1 Jan 2000
Das Raima, Kundu Sharbadeb, Laskar Shaheen, Choudhury Yashmin, Ghosh Sankar Kumar
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Head and neck cancer (HNC), the sixth most common cancer globally, stands second in India. In Northeast (NE) India, it is the sixth most common cause of death in males and seventh in females. Prolonged tobacco and alcohol consumption constitute the major etiological factors for HNC development, which induce DNA damage. Therefore, DNA repair pathway is a crucial system in maintaining genomic integrity and...
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