doi: 10.5732/cjc.012.10192
High incidence of nasopharyngeal cancer: similarity for 60% of mitochondrial DNA signatures between the Bidayuhs of Borneo and the Bai-yue of Southern China
Joseph Wee, Tam Cam Ha, Susan Loong, Chao-Nan Qian
Department of Radiation Oncology, Division of Clinical Trials & Epidemiological Sciences, National Cancer Centre Singapore; Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore
[Abstract] Populations in Southern China (Bai-yue) and Borneo (Bidayuh) with high incidence of nasopharyngeal cancer(NPC) share similar mitochondrial DNA signatures, supporting the hypothesis that these two populations may share the same genetic predisposition for NPC, which may have first appeared in a common ancestral reference population before the sea levels rose after the last ice age.
Chinese Journal of Cancer 2012, Volume: 31, Issue 9, Page: 455-456
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Joseph Wee, Tam Cam Ha, Susan Loong, Chao-Nan Qian. High incidence of nasopharyngeal cancer: similarity for 60% of mitochondrial DNA signatures between the Bidayuhs of Borneo and the Bai-yue of Southern China. Chin J Cancer. 2012, 31(9):455-456. doi:10.5732/cjc.012.10192
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Joseph Wee, Tam Cam Ha, Susan Loong, Chao-Nan Qian. High incidence of nasopharyngeal cancer: similarity for 60% of mitochondrial DNA signatures between the Bidayuhs of Borneo and the Bai-yue of Southern China. Chin J Cancer. 2012, 31(9):455-456. doi:10.5732/cjc.012.10192
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