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Cervical Cancer
Research on cervical cancer reported by scientists at Zhejiang University
September 25th, 2008
In this recent study, researchers in Hangzhou, People's Republic of China conducted a study "To investigate the association of repair gene POLI genetic polymorphisms with cervical carcinoma. Four hundred sixty one cervical carcinoma patients and 628 normal women were randomly selected for this study." "Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) (POLI Thr706Ala) were genotyped, and the epidemiological risk factor was assessed. Compared with the POLI Thr706Thr genotype, neither POLI Thr706Ala nor POLI Ala706Ala elevated or decreased the risk of cervical carcinoma or cervical squamous cell carcinoma [ORs and 95% CIs 1.25(0.97-1.61), 1.11(0.67-1.83), 1.22(0.94-1.58),...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-09-25)
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