Blood groups A and AB are associated with increased gastric cancer risk: evidence from a large genetic study and systematic review

Blood groups A and AB are associated with increased gastric cancer risk: evidence from a large genetic study and systematic review

Abstract Background The association of ABO blood groups with gastric cancer risk was proposed decades ago, but the results have been inconsistent. Methods We used two single nucleotide polymorphisms to determine ABO genotype in 4932 gastric cancer cases and 6158 controls of Chinese descent, and eval...

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Main Authors: Yingying Mao, Wenjun Yang, Qi Qi, Fei Yu, Tianpei Wang, Hongfei Zhang, Juncheng Dai, Hongxia Ma, Zhibin Hu, Hongbing Shen, Gang Li, Guangfu Jin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-02-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Subjects:
ABO blood group system
Gastric cancer
Case-control study
Systematic review
Meta-analysis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-019-5355-4

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