A variant of the DNA repair gene XRCC3 and risk of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: A case-control analysis

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 869-872

  Shen, Hongbing ^a   Sturgis, Erich M ^a   Dahlstrom, Kristina R ^a   Zheng, Yuxin ^a   Spitz, Margaret R ^a   Wei, Qingyi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA repair; Genetic polymorphism; Head and neck cancer; Molecular epidemiology; XRCC3

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; CYTOSINE; METHIONINE; THREONINE; THYMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA REPAIR; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA REPAIR; DNA, NEOPLASM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; RISK FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0037142183     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.10413     Document Type: Article

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