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Polymorphism in the DNA repair gene XPD, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-DNA adducts, cigarette smoking, and breast cancer risk.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 Dec 2004
Terry Mary Beth, Gammon Marilie D, Zhang Fang Fang, Eng Sybil M, Sagiv Sharon K, Paykin Andrea B, Wang Qiao, Hayes Sharon, Teitelbaum Susan L, Neugut Alfred I, Santella Regina M
Abstract excerpt
DNA repair is essential to an individual's ability to respond to damage caused by environmental carcinogens. Alterations in DNA repair genes may affect cancer risk by influencing individual susceptibility to environmental exposures. XPD, a gene involved in nucleotide excision repair, may influence individual DNA repair capacity particularly of bulky adducts. Using a population-based breast cancer case-control...
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