The role of common variants of non-homologous end-joining repair genes XRCC4, LIG4 and Ku80 in thyroid cancer risk

Oncology Reports

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1079-1085

  Gomes, Bruno Costa ^a   Silva, Susana Nunes ^a   Azevedo, Ana Paula ^a,b   Manita, Isabel ^c   Gil, Octávia Monteiro ^a,d   Ferreira, Teresa Cruz ^e   Limbert, Edward ^e   Rueff, José ^a   Gaspar, Jorge Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SÃO FRANCISCO XAVIER   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL GARCIA DE ORTA   (Portugal)

^d INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO E NUCLEAR   (Portugal)

^e INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DE ONCOLOGIA DE LISBOA FRANCISCO GENTIL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

DNA repair polymorphisms; Genetic susceptibility; Non homologous end joining repair; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAPILLOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; THYROID CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, NUCLEAR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA LIGASES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77957352252     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or-00000958     Document Type: Article

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