EGF +61 gene polymorphism and susceptibility to and prognostic markers in cutaneous malignant melanoma

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 673-675

  McCarron, Sarah L ^a,b   Bateman, Adrian C ^c   Theaker, Jeffrey M ^c   Howell, W Martin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EGF +61; Malignant melanoma; Single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RISK; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROGNOSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0142117188     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.11448     Document Type: Article

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