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METALLOTHIONEIN-2A (RS1610216&RS28366003) GENE POLYMORPHISMS AND THE RISK OF STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA.
Arquivos de gastroenterologia - 1 Jan 2000
Shokrzadeh Mohammad, Mohammadpour Abbas, Ghassemi-Barghi Nasrin, Hoseini Vahid, Abediankenari Saied, Tabari Yahya Saleh
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Gastric cancer is the fourth most common cause of worldwide cancer. Also in contrast to the huge advances in curing, the chance of living is very low even in surgery cases. Having a genetic predisposition plays an important role in cancer development. The association between Metallothionein-2A gene polymorphisms and the risk of adenocarcinoma has been widely studied, yet there is only one study on...
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