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Gender-specific associations between polymorphisms of the circadian gene RORA and cutaneous melanoma susceptibility.
Journal of translational medicine - 6 Feb 2021
Benna Clara, Rajendran Senthilkumar, Spiro Giovanna, Menin Chiara, Dall'Olmo Luigi, Rossi Carlo Riccardo, Mocellin Simone
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BACKGROUND: Melanoma is the deadliest of skin cancers and has an increasing annual incidence worldwide. It is a multi-factorial disease most likely arising from both genetic predisposition and environmental exposure to ultraviolet light. Genetic variability of the components of the biological circadian clock is recognized to be a risk factor for different type of cancers. Moreover, two variants of a clock gene,...
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