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Breast cancer, passive and active cigarette smoking and N-acetyltransferase 2 genotype.
Pharmacogenetics - 1 Jul 2000
Delfino R J, Smith C, West J G, Lin H J, White E, Liao S Y, Gim J S, Ma H L, Butler J, Anton-Culver H
Abstract excerpt
The relationship of breast cancer to cigarette smoking is inconsistent in the literature, possibly due in part to heterogeneity in carcinogen metabolism. N-acetyltransferase 2 (NAT2) enzyme activity is believed to play a role in the activation of tobacco smoke carcinogens. We examined the effect...
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