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CYP1A1, cigarette smoking, and colon and rectal cancer.
American journal of epidemiology - 1 Nov 2004
Slattery Martha L, Samowtiz W, Ma K, Murtaugh M, Sweeney C, Levin T R, Neuhausen S
Abstract excerpt
Cytochrome P-450 (CYP) is involved in the activation and metabolism of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in tobacco products. The authors evaluated the association of two polymorphisms in the CYP1A1 gene--the noncoding Msp I polymorphism in the 3'-untranslated region and the Ile462Val polymorphism in exon 7--with colon and rectal cancer. The authors used data from two incident case-control studies of colon cancer...
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