Gastric Cancer
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World J Gastroenterol. Sep 14, 2006; 12(34): 5473-5478
Published online Sep 14, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i34.5473
-765G > C COX-2 polymorphism may be a susceptibility marker for gastric adenocarcinoma in patients with atrophy or intestinal metaplasia
Carina Pereira, Hugo Sousa, Paula Ferreira, Maria Fragoso, Luís Moreira-Dias, Carlos Lopes, Rui Medeiros, Mário Dinis-Ribeiro
Carina Pereira, Paula Ferreira, Molecular Oncology Group, Portuguese Institute of Oncology of Porto, Portugal
Maria Fragoso, Oncology Department, Portuguese Institute of Oncology of Porto, Portugal
Luís Moreira-Dias, Gastroenterology Department, Portuguese Institute of Oncology of Porto, Portugal
Hugo Sousa, Carlos Lopes, Rui Medeiros, Molecular Oncology Group, Portuguese Institute of Oncology of Porto, Portugal; and ICBAS, Abel Salazar Institute for the Biomedical Sciences, Porto, Portugal
Mário Dinis-Ribeiro, Gastroenterology Department, Portuguese Institute of Oncology of Porto, Portugal; and Cintesis / Faculty of Medicine University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Supported by the Portuguese League Against Cancer (Liga Portuguesa Contra o Cancro-Núcleo Regional do Norte) and AstraZeneca Foundation
Correspondence to: Mário Dinis-Ribeiro, MD, PhD, Serviço de Gastrenterologia, Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto FG EPE, Rua Dr. António Bernardino Almeida, 4200-072 Porto, Portugal. mario@med.up.pt
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Received: May 12, 2006
Revised: May 28, 2006
Accepted: June 16, 2006
Published online: September 14, 2006
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