Although some studies have reported that the arginine isoform on codon 72 of p53 increases the susceptibility to invasive cervical cancer, such data remain controversial. The objective of this study was to quantitatively summarize the evidence for such a relationship.
Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, Graduate School of Health Science and Management, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea. jsunha@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr