Article
[Evidence for a major role of genetic factors in the etiology of laryngeal and hypopharyngeal carcinomas].
Zhonghua er bi yan hou ke za zhi - 1 Jun 1997
Li A, Yang R, Wang M
Abstract excerpt
Several investigations revealed that lymphocytes from patients with head and neck cancers showed a high sensitivity to mutagens. However, whether lymphocytes from healthy blood relatives of the patients were sensitive to mutagen or not had not been reported. This study was aimed to investigate the unknown problem. Mutagen sensitivity was investigated in 116 laryngeal and 38 hypopharyngeal cancer patients, 107...
Topics
- Aged
- Chromosome Breakage
- Family Health
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Hypopharyngeal Neoplasms
- Laryngeal Neoplasms
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Risk Factors
