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SUBMITTER: Yin J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4096509 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yin Jun J Wang Liming L Tang Weifeng W Wang Xu X Lv Lu L Shao Aizhong A Shi Yijun Y Ding Guowen G Chen Suocheng S Gu Haiyong H
PloS one 20140714 7
Esophageal cancer remains the sixth leading cause of cancer associated death and eighth most common cancer worldwide. Genetic factors, such as single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), may contribute to the carcinogenesis of esophageal cancer. Here, we conducted a hospital based case-control study to evaluate the genetic susceptibility of functional SNPs on the development of esophageal cancer. A total of 629 esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) cases and 686 controls were enrolled for this s ...[more]