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Genetic susceptibility and dietary patterns in lung cancer.
Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - 1 Sept 2003
Tsai Ya-Yu, McGlynn Katherine A, Hu Ying, Cassidy Anna B, Arnold John, Engstrom Paul F, Buetow Kenneth H
Abstract excerpt
Cigarette smoking is the dominant risk factor for lung cancer, but only a minority of smokers ever develops tumors. Though genetic susceptibility is likely to explain some of the variability in risk, results from previous studies of genetic polymorphisms have been inconclusive. As diet may also affect the risk of lung cancer, it is possible that the degree of risk produced by smoking and genetic susceptibility...
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