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Combined GSTM1 and GSTT1 null genotypes are associated with a lower risk of papillary thyroid cancer.
Journal of endocrinological investigation - 1 Jun 2008
Lemos M C, Coutinho E, Gomes L, Carrilho F, Rodrigues F, Regateiro F J, Carvalheiro M
Abstract excerpt
Individual susceptibility to cancer is influenced by polymorphisms of genes encoding drug-metabolizing enzymes such as the glutathione S-transferases (GST). The null polymorphisms of the GSTM1 and GSTT1 genes have been associated to a modified risk of several cancers but studies of thyroid cancer have produced conflicting results. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between these...
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