Acid Reflux Disease

New Acid Reflux Disease Findings from Harvard University Described

Published in Cancer Weekly, May 31st, 2011

2011 MAY 31 -- According to a study from Boston, United States, "How genetic variations in apoptosis pathway interact with environmental factors to contribute to esophageal adenocarcinoma (EA) risk has not been comprehensively investigated. We conducted a case-only analysis in 335 Caucasian EA patients that were genotyped for 242 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in 43 apoptotic genes."

"Gene-environment interactions were assessed using a two-step approach. First, random forest algorithm was used to screen for the potential interacting markers. Next, we used case-only logistic regression model to estimate the effects of gene-environment interactions on...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2011-05-31)

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