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Lung cancer susceptibility and polymorphisms of glutathione-S-transferase genes in Hong Kong.
Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - 1 Aug 2004
Chan-Yeung Moira, Tan-Un Kian Cheng, Ip Mary Sau Man, Tsang Kenneth Wah Tak, Ho Siu Pang, Ho James Chung Man, Chan Henry, Lam Wah Kit
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OBJECTIVE: To study the potential role of genetic polymorphisms of glutathione-S-transferases GSTM1, GSTT1 and GSTP1 in susceptibility to lung cancer in Hong Kong Chinese. METHODS: 229 consecutive incident patients with a histological diagnosis of lung cancer from a regional hospital and 197 healthy population-based controls were recruited for this study between July 1999 and June 2001. Genetic polymorphisms of...
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