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Polymorphisms in genes encoding drugs and xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes, DNA repair enzymes, and response to treatment of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 1 Mar 2002
Krajinovic Maja, Labuda Damian, Mathonnet Geraldine, Labuda Marcin, Moghrabi Albert, Champagne Josette, Sinnett Daniel
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PURPOSE: The most common childhood malignancy, acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), remains the leading cause of cancer-related death in children because of resistant cases in which underlying predisposing factors are poorly understood. The interindividual variation in the activity of xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes that modify individual somatic mutation burden in the context of environmental exposure was shown...
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