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Role of MTHFR (677, 1298) haplotype in the risk of developing secondary leukemia after treatment of breast cancer and hematological malignancies.
Leukemia - 1 Jul 2007
Guillem V M, Collado M, Terol M J, Calasanz M J, Esteve J, Gonzalez M, Sanzo C, Nomdedeu J, Bolufer P, Lluch A, Tormo M
Abstract excerpt
Therapy-related myelodysplasia and acute myeloid leukemia (t-MDS/AML) is a malignancy occurring after exposure to chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy. Polymorphisms involved in chemotherapy/radiotherapy response genes could be related to an increased risk of developing this neoplasia. We have studied 11 polymorphisms in genes of drug detoxification pathways (NQO1, glutathione S-transferase pi) and DNA repair...
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