Dual roles of a variable number of tandem repeat polymorphism in the TERT gene in lung cancer

Cancer Science

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 144-149

  Jin, Guang ^a,b   Yoo, Seung Soo ^c   Cho, Sukki ^c   Jeon, Hyo Sung ^a   Lee, Won Kee ^a   Kang, Hyo Gyoung ^a   Choi, Yi Young ^a   Choi, Jin Eun ^a   Cha, Sung Ick ^c   Lee, Eung Bae ^c   Kim, Chang Ho ^c   Jung, Tae Hoon ^c   Kim, Young Tae ^d   Park, Jae Yong ^a,c  

^a Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b YANBIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Kyungpook National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOGENESIS; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; RNA, MESSENGER; TELOMERASE;

EID: 78650210844     PISSN: 13479032     EISSN: 13497006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2010.01782.x     Document Type: Article

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