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Nucleotide excision repair gene polymorphisms and risk of advanced colorectal adenoma: XPC polymorphisms modify smoking-related risk.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 Feb 2006
Huang Wen-Yi, Berndt Sonja I, Kang Daehee, Chatterjee Nilanjan, Chanock Stephen J, Yeager Meredith, Welch Robert, Bresalier Robert S, Weissfeld Joel L, Hayes Richard B
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OBJECTIVES: Nucleotide excision repair enzymes remove bulky damage caused by environmental agents, including carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons found in cigarette smoke, a risk factor for colorectal adenoma. Among participants randomized to the screening arm of the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial, we studied the risk of advanced colorectal adenoma in relation to cigarette...
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