ea0035p593 | Endocrine tumours and neoplasia | ECE2014
Soyluk Ozlem
, Aral Ferihan
, Boztepe Harika
, Kapran Yersu
, Erbil Yesim
, Ustek Duran
, Abaci Neslihan
, Colak Nese
Aim: Several studies suggested that there is a relationship between serum levels of IGF1 or their polymorhisms and some cancer types. The genetic polymorphism in the region of IGF promoter region which is composed of cytosineadenine repeats, affects the promoter activity. It is suggested that serum IGF1 levels are inversely associated with the length of CA repeats. There are studies reporting that the carriers of the CA 19 allele are more likely to develop some cancer ty...