Impact of alcohol dehydrogenase ‐aldehyde dehydrogenase polymorphism on clinical outcome in patients with hypopharyngeal cancer

ConclusionWe conclude that heavy drinkers with the ALDH2*2 allele are associated with poor outcome in hypopharyngeal SCC.

Source: Head and Neck - December 29, 2017 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Mehmet Ozgur Avin çsal, Hirotaka Shinomiya, Masanori Teshima, Mie Kubo, Naoki Otsuki, Naomi Kyota, Ryohei Sasaki, Yoh Zen, Ken‐ichi Nibu Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research