Association between TERT rs2853669 polymorphism and cancer risk: A meta-analysis of 9,157 cases and 11,073 controls

Zhengsheng Liu; Tao Wang; Zhun Wu; Kaiyan Zhang; Wei Li; Jianbin Yang; Chenxi Chen; Lei Chen; Jinchun Xing

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0191560

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Association between TERT rs2853669 polymorphism and cancer risk: A meta-analysis of 9,157 cases and 11,073 controls

Zhengsheng Liu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Zhengsheng Liu, Tao Wang

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China, The First Clinical Medical College of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9960-129X

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Tao Wang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Zhengsheng Liu, Tao Wang

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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Zhun Wu,

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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Kaiyan Zhang,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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Wei Li,

Roles Software

Affiliation Department of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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Jianbin Yang,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China, The First Clinical Medical College of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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Chenxi Chen,

Roles Software

Affiliations Department of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China, The First Clinical Medical College of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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Lei Chen,

Roles Software

Affiliation Zhuxi People Hospital, Hubei, China
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Jinchun Xing

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: xmcua2007@sina.com

Affiliation Department of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9704-889X

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Association between TERT rs2853669 polymorphism and cancer risk: A meta-analysis of 9,157 cases and 11,073 controls

Zhengsheng Liu,
Tao Wang,
Zhun Wu,
Kaiyan Zhang,
Wei Li,
Jianbin Yang,
Chenxi Chen,
Lei Chen,
Jinchun Xing

Published: March 13, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0191560

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