Open AccessFibroblast growth factor receptor 4 Gly388Arg polymorphism in Chinese gastric cancer patients
Author(s) -
Yanying Shen,
Yachao Lu,
Danhong Shen,
Yuanjie Liu,
Xinying Su,
Guoqiang Zhu,
Xiaolu Yin,
Xiaoqing Ni
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v19.i28.4568
Subject(s) - genotype , medicine , allele , gastroenterology , fibroblast growth factor receptor 4 , allele frequency , proportional hazards model , case control study , hazard ratio , biology , confidence interval , oncology , genetics , gene , receptor , fibroblast growth factor , fibroblast growth factor receptor
To investigate the contribution of the fibroblast growth factor receptor 4 (FGFR4) Gly388Arg polymorphism as a genetic risk factor for gastric cancer (GC) and to investigate any associations between this polymorphism and clinicopathological parameters and survival.