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Cytochrome P450 2E1 polymorphism and nasopharyngeal carcinoma development in Thailand: a correlative study.
BMC cancer - 1 Jan 2001
Kongruttanachok N, Sukdikul S, Setavarin S, Kerekhjanarong V, Supiyaphun P, Voravud N, Poovorawan Y, Mutirangura A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a rare tumor in most parts of the world but occurs at relatively high frequency among people of Chinese descent. The cytochrome P450 2E1 enzyme (CYP2E1) is responsible for the metabolic activation of nitrosamines, and has been shown to be a susceptibility gene for NPC development in Taiwan [RR = 2.6; 95%CI = 1.2-5.7]. Since there has been only one report of this link,...
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