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Peanut butter intake, GSTM1 genotype and hepatocellular carcinoma: a case-control study in Sudan.
Cancer causes & control : CCC - 1 Jan 2001
Omer R E, Verhoef L, Van't Veer P, Idris M O, Kadaru A M, Kampman E, Bunschoten A, Kok F J
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the major cancers in the world. In Sudan the incidence is thought to be high and increasing. This study aims to assess the association between peanut butter intake, as a source of aflatoxins, and the GSTM1 genotype in the etiology of HCC. METHOD: A case control study was conducted among 150 patients and 205 controls from two regions in Sudan. Food habits with...
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