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Interaction of passive smoking with GST (GSTM1, GSTT1, and GSTP1) genotypes in the risk of cervical cancer in India.
Cancer genetics and cytogenetics - 15 Apr 2006
Sobti R C, Kaur Satinder, Kaur Pushpinder, Singh Jagmohan, Gupta Indu, Jain Veena, Nakahara A
Abstract excerpt
Human papilloma virus (HPV) infection is a major cause of cervix cancer, but a number of infected women do not develop invasive lesions, suggesting that HPV infection in itself is not a sufficient factor and that other cofactors, such as smoking, play an important role in development of cervix cancer. Alongside active cigarette smoking, passive smoking is an independent risk factor for cervix cancer. Smoking...
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