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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 3.
Published in final edited form as: Semin Radiat Oncol. 2010 Oct;20(4):267–273.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.semradonc.2010.05.001

Table 1.

Examples of homologous recombination genes with polymorphisms associated with cancers/tumors treated with radiation therapy. Data obtained from the National Institute of Health's “Genetic Association Database,” (http://geneticassociationdb.nih.gov).

Gene Cancer/tumor treated with radiation therapy
RPA1 head and neck cancer
RPA3 lung cancer
MRE11 non-Hodgkin lymphoma
RAD51 breast cancer, acute myelogenous leukemia, gastric cancer
RAD51B, RAD51C, RAD51D breast cancer, meningioma
XRCC2 breast cancer, basal cell carcinoma, rectal cancer
XRCC3 breast cancer, bladder cancer, head and neck cancer
RAD52 breast cancer, papillary thyroid cancer
RAD54L meningioma