Few DNA Repair Genes Maintain Association With Cancer In Field Synopsis

Thursday, January 15, 2009 - 09:28 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 new field synopsis.

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