Is there a link between environmental factors and a genetic predisposition to cancer? A lesson from a familial cluster of gastric cancers

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1619-1624

  Rocco, A ^a   Staibano, S ^a   Ottini, L ^b   Mezza, E ^a   Somma, P ^a   Mariani Costantini, R ^b   Budillon, G ^a   Nardone, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Family history; Gastric cancer; Genomic instability; Helicobacter pylori; p53

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; PROTEIN P53;

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CANCER FAMILY; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CHROMOSOME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSPEPSIA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MUTATION; ONCOGENE C MYC; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH LESION; STOMACH MUCOSA;

EID: 0038109809     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(03)00368-X     Document Type: Article

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