Mitochondrial genetic polymorphisms do not predict survival in patients with pancreatic cancer

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2512-2513

  Halfdanarson, Thorvardur R ^a   Wang, Liang ^b   Bamlet, William R ^b   De Andrade, Mariza ^b   McWilliams, Robert R ^b   Cunningham, Julie M ^b   Petersen, Gloria M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AGED; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 53349156580     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-08-0460     Document Type: Article

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