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SULT1A1 genotype and susceptibility to colorectal cancer.
International journal of cancer - 1 Jan 2007
Lilla Carmen, Risch Angela, Verla-Tebit Emaculate, Hoffmeister Michael, Brenner Hermann, Chang-Claude Jenny
Abstract excerpt
Several procarcinogens that are present in cooked red meat and tobacco smoke are substrates for sulfotransferase 1A1 (SULT1A1). The association between environmental exposures and colorectal cancer risk may be modified by individual differences in the metabolism. Thus, we investigated the effect of a common polymorphism in the SULT1A1 gene associated with decreased enzyme activity on the susceptibility to...
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