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Smoking modifies the relationship between XRCC1 haplotypes and HPV16-negative head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.
International journal of cancer - 1 Jun 2009
Applebaum Katie M, McClean Michael D, Nelson Heather H, Marsit Carmen J, Christensen Brock C, Kelsey Karl T
Abstract excerpt
Reports on the relationship between head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) and polymorphisms in X-ray cross complementing group 1 (XRCC1) have been inconsistent. We hypothesized this may be due to not accounting for Human papillomavirus type-16 (HPV16) and thus examined whether smoking modified the association between XRCC1 haplotypes and HNSCC risk within HPV16 serologic strata. Cases were diagnosed in...
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