Open AccessThe XRCC3 Thr241Met Polymorphism Influences Glioma Risk - A Meta-analysis
Author(s) -
Jun Jiang,
Xun-Feng Quan,
Li Zhang,
Yichun Wang
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
asian pacific journal of cancer prevention
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 2476-762X
pISSN - 1513-7368
DOI - 10.7314/apjcp.2013.14.5.3169
Subject(s) - xrcc3 , meta analysis , odds ratio , allele , oncology , glioma , medicine , confidence interval , bioinformatics , biology , genetics , genotype , single nucleotide polymorphism , gene
Findings from previous published studies regarding the association of the XRCC3 Thr241Met polymorphism with glioma susceptibility have often been conflicting. Therefore, a meta-analysis including all available publications was carried out to make a more precise estimation of the potential relationship.