One-carbon metabolism-related gene polymorphisms and risk of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: Case-control study

Cancer Science

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1439-1446

  Suzuki, Takeshi ^a,b   Matsuo, Keitaro ^a,c   Hasegawa, Yasuhisa ^a   Hiraki, Akio ^a   Wakai, Kenji ^c   Hirose, Kaoru ^d   Saito, Toshiko ^a   Sato, Shigeki ^b   Ueda, Ryuzo ^b   Tajima, Kazuo ^a,c  

^a AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d AICHI PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CAROTENE; FOLIC ACID; METHIONINE SYNTHASE; METHIONINE SYNTHASE REDUCTASE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MULTIVITAMIN; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARBON METABOLISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; NUTRIENT; PHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

5-METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE-HOMOCYSTEINE S-METHYLTRANSFERASE; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CARBON; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; FERREDOXIN-NADP REDUCTASE; FOLIC ACID; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RISK FACTORS; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

EID: 34547755903     PISSN: 13479032     EISSN: 13497006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2007.00533.x     Document Type: Article

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