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Glutathione S-transferase M1 associated with cancer occurrence in Korean HNPCC families carrying the hMLH1/hMSH2 mutation.
Oncology reports - 1 Jan 2000
Shin Joo-Ho, Ku Ja-Lok, Shin Ki-Hyuk, Shin Young-Kyoung, Kang Sung-Bum, Park Jae-Gahb
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC), an inherited cancer predisposition syndrome, has been associated with germline mutations in DNA mismatch repair (MMR) genes. However, because all mutation carriers of hMLH1/hMSH2 do not account for CRC susceptibility, modifying genes may play a role in the variation of disease expression. In this study, we determined the GSTM1 and GSTT1 genotypes in 104 family...
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