“…5 To date, a number of molecular epidemiological studies have been done to evaluate the association between XPA À4G>A polymorphism and different types of cancer risk in diverse populations. The tumor types included lung cancer, 6,13,22,24,[29][30][31][32][33][34] gastric cancer, 7,17 colorectal cancer, 8,12,23 squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, 8,10 basal and squamous cell carcinomas of the skin (BCC and SCC), 20,27 breast cancer, 8,18,26 esophageal cancer, 11,14,15 and so on. However, the results were inconsistent or even contradictory.…”