We assessed the distribution of TP53 Pro72Arg polymorphism in one hundred and fifteen and eighty two SCCOT and ESCC patients, respectively, with respect to one hundred and ten healthy controls from the same population.
Epidemiological studies in endemic geographic regions for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) suggested a number of risk factors, including modifications of the p53 tumor suppressor by codon Arg72Pro polymorphism, loss of heterozygosity (LOH) or human papillomavirus type 16 or 18 (HPV 16/18) infection.