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Unincluded subjects need to be included for concerning the real association between TNFa-308 G/A polymorphism and cancer susceptibility

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  1. Department of Oncology, Kunshan People’s Hospital Affiliated to Jiangsu University, No. 91, Qianjin Road, Kunshan, 215300, Jiangsu, China

    Min-Bin Chen & Wen-Xiang Shen

  2. Department of Gastroenterology, Xuzhou Chinese Medicine Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, No.80, Zhongshan South Road, Xuzhou, 221000, Jiangsu, China

    Chen Li

  3. Department of General Surgery, Wuxi People’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, No. 299, Qingyang Road, Wuxi, 214023, Jiangsu, China

    Guo-Qing Tao & Pei-Hua Lu

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Chen, MB., Shen, WX., Li, C. et al. Unincluded subjects need to be included for concerning the real association between TNFa-308 G/A polymorphism and cancer susceptibility. Breast Cancer Res Treat 126, 835–837 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-010-1342-9

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