Genetic variability in the MTHFR gene and colorectal cancer risk using the colorectal cancer family registry

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 89-100

  Levine, A Joan ^a   Figueiredo, Jane C ^a   Lee, Won ^a   Poynter, Jenny N ^b   Conti, David ^a   Duggan, David J ^c   Campbell, Peter T ^d   Newcomb, Polly ^e   Martinez, Maria Elena ^f   Hopper, John L ^g   Le Marchand, Loic ^h   Baron, John A ⁱ   Limburg, Paul J ^j   Ulrich, Cornelia M ^k   Haile, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^e Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^j MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^k GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2);

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CODOMINANCE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECESSIVE GENE; RECTUM CANCER; REGISTER; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 74549141702     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-09-0727     Document Type: Article

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