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An intervention study of smoking cessation with feedback on genetic cancer susceptibility in Japan.
Preventive medicine - 1 Feb 2006
Ito Hidemi, Matsuo Keitaro, Wakai Kenji, Saito Toshiko, Kumimoto Hiroshi, Okuma Katashi, Tajima Kazuo, Hamajima Nobuyuki
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: To evaluate whether feedback of genetic information regarding an L-myc polymorphism, identified as impacting on tobacco-related cancer risk, has an influence on smoking cessation, an intervention study was conducted. METHODS: We recruited smokers from first-visit outpatients at Aichi Cancer Center Hospital. Six hundred and seventeen participated and were allocated into two groups: the biomarker...
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