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A population-based study of glutathione S-transferase M1, T1 and P1 genotypes and risk for lung cancer.
Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - 1 Jun 2003
Nazar-Stewart Valle, Vaughan Thomas L, Stapleton Patricia, Van Loo Jason, Nicol-Blades Berta, Eaton David L
Abstract excerpt
A deletion polymorphism for glutathione S-transferase M1 (GSTM1) has been related to risk for lung cancer among smokers in some studies but not in others. We examined GSTM1, a GSTT1 deletion polymorphism and a common GSTP1 gene variant (iso-->val), as risk factors for lung cancer in a population-based case-control study of men. Cases (N=274) were males identified from 1993 to 1996 through the Fred Hutchinson...
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