Alexandru Bucur

TL;DR: A genome-wide association study to identify common genetic variation involved in susceptibility to upper aero-digestive tract (UADT) cancers implicate two variants at 4q21 and 12q24 and further highlight three ADH variants in UADT cancer susceptibility.

TL;DR: A two-stage genome-wide association study of renal cell carcinoma in 3,772 affected individuals and 8,505 controls of European background and followed up 6 SNPs in 3 replication studies reports previously unidentified genomic regions associated with RCC risk that may lead to new etiological insights.

TL;DR: Evaluating telocytes presence in parotid stroma and whether their topographical features might support an involvement inParotid function modulation found telocytes appeared frequently as a strategic one, in close contact or vicinity of both secretory and regulatory apparatuses.

TL;DR: Leanness was associated with increased HNC risk regardless of smoking and drinking status, although reverse causality cannot be excluded and the reduced risk among overweight or obese people may indicate body size is a modifier of the risk associated withsmoking and drinking.

TL;DR: The preliminary conclusion of this study is that uric acid, the most important salivary antioxidant and GGT could be considered in the future as useful markers of oxidative stress for elaboration of treatment strategy and monitoring.