Association between papillary thyroid cancer and XRCC6 gene polymorphisms in the Turkish population.

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Background/aim: To investigate the association between the rs2267437, rs5751129 and rs132770 polymorphisms of the XRCC6 gene, which plays a role in repairing DNA double-strand breaks, and the risk of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). Materials and methods: The study included 150 patients who had been diagnosed with PTC and 204 healthy controls. Genotyping of the SNPs was performed using polymerase chain...