Population-specific genetic associations with oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma in South Africa

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1855-1861

  Bye, Hannah ^a   Prescott, Natalie J ^a   Matejcic, Marco ^b   Rose, Elizabeth ^c   Lewis, Cathryn M ^a   Parker, M Iqbal ^b   Mathew, Christopher G ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADH1B PROTEIN; ADH7 PROTEIN; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE ISOENZYME 2; CASPASE 8; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; FAS LIGAND; METHYLATED DNA PROTEIN CYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOKING; SOUTH AFRICA;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; BASE SEQUENCE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA PRIMERS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOKING; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 81855217367     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: 14602180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgr211     Document Type: Article

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