1Digestive Oncology Research Center, Digestive Disease Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2Cardiovascular Research Center, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
3Golestan Research Center of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (GRCGH), Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran
4Department of Biology, School of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD, USA
5Liver and Pancreaticobilliary Research Center, Digestive Disease Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
6Ischemic Disorders Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran
7Digestive Disease Research Center, Digestive Diseases Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
8Sasan Alborz Research Center, Masoud Clinic, Tehran, Iran
9Section of Genetics, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
10Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
11Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
12Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
✉Corresponding author. Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, NCI, NIH 9609 Medical Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. E-mail: arash.etemadi@nih.gov
#Mahdi Nalini and Masoud Khoshnia contributed equally to this work.
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