Thymidylate synthase 5′- and 3′-untranslated region polymorphisms associated with risk and progression of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck

Clinical Cancer Research

Volumn 10, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 7903-7910

  Zhang, Zhengdong ^a   Shi, Qiuling ^a   Sturgis, Erich M ^a   Spitz, Margaret R ^a   Hong, Waun Ki ^a   Wei, Qingyi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; DNA SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; FOLATE METABOLISM; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TYMS GENE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

EID: 9744231437     PISSN: 10780432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-04-0923     Document Type: Article

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