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Modification by N-acetyltransferase 1 genotype on the association between dietary heterocyclic amines and colon cancer in a multiethnic study.
Mutation research - 1 Feb 2008
Butler Lesley M, Millikan Robert C, Sinha Rashmi, Keku Temitope O, Winkel Scott, Harlan Brent, Eaton Allison, Gammon Marilie D, Sandler Robert S
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OBJECTIVE: Colorectal cancer incidence is greater among African Americans, compared to whites in the U.S., and may be due in part to differences in diet, genetic variation at metabolic loci, and/or the joint effect of diet and genetic susceptibility. We examined whether our previously reported associations between meat-derived heterocyclic amine (HCA) intake and colon cancer were modified by N-acetyltransferase 1...
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