Few DNA repair genes maintain association with cancer in field synopsis

Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - 00:49 in Biology & Nature

Variants of numerous DNA repair genes initially appeared to be statistically significantly associated with cancer risk in epidemiological studies. When the data from individual studies are pooled, however, few DNA repair gene variants appear truly associated with increased cancer risk, according to a field synopsis published in the December 30 online issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

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