title: Polymorphism of vascular endothelial growth factor -2578C/A with cancer risk: evidence from 11263 subjects.
abstract: Published data on the association between vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) -2578C/A polymorphism and cancer risk is inconclusive. To derive a more precise estimation of association between VEGF -2578C/A polymorphism and the risk of cancer, we performed a meta-analysis of 5415 cancer cases and 5848 controls from 16 published case-control studies. We used odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) to assess the strength of the association. Our meta-analysis indicated that VEGF -2578C/A polymorphism was associated with the risk of colorectal cancer under homozygote comparison (OR=0.70, 95% CI=0.53-0.92), dominant model (OR=0.72, 95% CI=0.57-0.92), and recessive model (OR=0.82, 95% CI=0.67-1.01), although no evidence of association between VEGF -2578C/A polymorphism and cancer risk was observed as we compared in the pooled analyses (homozygote comparison: OR=0.97, 95% CI=0.81-1.16). More studies are needed to detect VEGF -2578C/A polymorphism and its association with cancer in different ethnic populations incorporated with environmental exposures in the susceptibility of different kinds of cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of School of Medicine, Ningbo University, 315020, Ningbo, China.
authors.forename: Chao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ying
authors.forename: Jing-Jing
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Shi-Fang
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lv
authors.forename: Zhong-Bo
authors.initials: ZB
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Hong-Ying
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Yi-Ming
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Qun-Li
authors.initials: QL
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: Li-Hua
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Shu
authors.forename: Zai-Chun
authors.initials: ZC
authors.lastname: Deng
mesh_terms: D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D012307:Risk Factors; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: C467484:VEGFA protein, human; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A