Background: Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is an important malignancy throughout
the world; early detection is an important criterion for achieving high cure rate. Out of the …

Results A total of 23 case-control studies were investigated, involving 3,389 cases and
4,235 controls. The overall conclusion was that the A allele was more frequent in case …

Background Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) has been suggested to play a very important
role in the development and progression of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Many studies …

Background: The pro-inflammatory cytokines play an essential role in immune response and
are involved in a variety of inflammatory and infectious disease. Tumor necrosis factor alpha …

Objective: To evaluate the association of gene polymorphisms of the SNP of TNF-α gene-
238G> A and IL-18 gene-607C> A with the development of hepatocellular carcinoma among …

Aim: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the fifth most common cancer worldwide, has high
prevalence and mortality rates in Taiwan. Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNFα), an important …

Numerous studies have been conducted regarding association between TNF-α and oral
cancer risk, but the results remain controversial. The present meta-analysis is performed to …

Background: To assess the association between tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α)
G308A, G238A and C863T polymorphisms and hepatitis B virus related hepatocellular …

Many genetic variations in the promoter region of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) may
confer host susceptibility to cancer by influencing TNF-α expression. Nevertheless, the …

Objective The aim of this study is to study vita min D receptor (VDR) Apa-I gene
polymorphism in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) infected with chronic …