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Quantitative assessment of the association between MS gene polymorphism and colorectal cancer risk
Jun Yang1, Hua Zhong, Hao Yang
1Department of Radiation Oncology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Abstract:
Accumulating genetic association studies have investigated the risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) in relation to MS gene polymorphism with uncertain conclusions. In the current study, we sought to assess the association between MS gene and CRC. We performed an updated meta-analysis including 18 case-control studies with a total of 10, 303 CRC patients and 15, 389 CRC-free controls to estimate the strength of the association using odds ratios with the corresponding 95 % confidence intervals. Overall, no CRC risk associated with the genotypes of MS gene polymorphism was indicated in our meta-analysis. Similarly, the stratified analysis according to ethnicity and control source did not show any evident association either. The results of our updated meta-analysis suggest that MS gene polymorphism may not serve as a biomarker for the CRC risk. Future large-scale and well-designed studies are required to clarify the association identified in the present meta-analysis.
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