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Evaluation of possible role of the hTERT gene rs2853669 polymorphism in the development of colorectal cancer as a genetic risk factor.
Nucleosides, nucleotides & nucleic acids - 1 Jan 2022
Yalınbaş Kaya Berrin, Ülger Yakup
Abstract excerpt
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second deadliest malignancy. Human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) gene has been identified as one of the potential cancer susceptibility genes. We evaluated the relationship between the risk of CRC and CRC's clinicopathological features of the hTERT rs2853669 (A > G/T > C, by the chain direction) polymorphism in Turkish population. The rs2853669 polymorphism was...
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