Polymorphisms in thymidylate synthase and methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase genes and the susceptibility to esophageal and stomach cancer with smoking

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 133-138

  Gao, Chang Ming ^a   Takezaki, Toshiro ^b   Wu, Jian Zhong ^a   Liu, Yan Ting ^a   Ding, Jian Hua ^a   Li, Su Ping ^a   Su, Ping ^a   Hu, Xu ^c   Kai, Hai Tao ^c   Li, Zong You ^c   Matsuo, Keitaro ^d   Hamajima, Nobuyuki ^e   Sugimura, Haruhiko ^f   Tajima, Kazuo ^d  

^a JIANGSU CANCER HOSPITAL   (China)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Public Health Center of Huaian City   (China)

^d AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Esophageal cancer; Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase; Polymorphism; Smoking; Stomach cancer; Thymidylate synthase

Indexed keywords

METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STOMACH TUMOR; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

EID: 4344673210     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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