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SUBMITTER: Cai H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3101066 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cai Hui H Xiang Yong-Bing YB Qu Shimian S Long Jirong J Cai Qiuyin Q Gao Jing J Zheng Wei W Shu Xiao Ou XO
American journal of epidemiology 20110331 11
Although genetic variations in cell-cycle control genes have been previously linked to cancer risk, no study has specifically evaluated the role of these gene variants in endometrial carcinogenesis. Using data from the Shanghai Endometrial Cancer Study, a population-based case-control study with 1,199 cases and 1,212 age-matched controls (1997-2003), the authors carried out a systematic evaluation of the association of cell-cycle control genes with endometrial cancer risk. Sixty-five tagging or ...[more]