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SUBMITTER: Zhang YC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7391579 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhang Yong-Chen YC Zhao Hui H Chen Chen C Ali Mohammad Amzad MA
World journal of surgical oncology 20200730 1
<h4>Background</h4>Several studies have reported the Cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2) rs689466 polymorphism as a susceptibility locus of colorectal cancer (CRC), but their findings are inconsistent. Thus, this meta-analysis was performed to more accurately identify the effects of this polymorphism on CRC risk.<h4>Methods</h4>Potential case-control studies on EMBASE, Google Scholar, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, and PubMed were searched. The strength of association was quantified by pooled odds ratio ...[more]