APOBEC3A is an oral cancer prognostic biomarker in Taiwanese carriers of an APOBEC deletion polymorphism
Chen TW, Lee CC, Liu H, Wu CS, Pickering CR, Huang PJ, Wang J, Chang IY, Yeh YM, Chen CD, Li HP, Luo JD, Tan BC, Chan TEH, Hsueh C, Chu LJ, Chen YT, Zhang B, Yang CY, Wu CC, Hsu CW, See LC, Tang P, Yu JS, Liao WC, Chiang WF, Rodriguez H, Myers JN, Chang KP, Chang YS. APOBEC3A is an oral cancer prognostic biomarker in Taiwanese carriers of an APOBEC deletion polymorphism. Nature Communications 2017, 8: 465. PMID: 28878238, PMCID: PMC5587710, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00493-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOral squamous cell carcinomaSquamous cell carcinomaCell carcinomaTaiwanese oral squamous cell carcinomasClinical prognostic relevanceBetter overall survivalCancer prognostic biomarkersExpression of APOBEC3AOverall survivalPrognostic relevanceTaiwanese patientsPrognostic biomarkerSecond cohortGermline polymorphismsCancer typesProminent cancerMutational profileDeletion polymorphismPatientsCarcinomaMutation signaturesExpressionPolymorphismCohortTumors