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Do smoking and polymorphisms in xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes affect the histological stage and grade of bladder tumors?
Bulletin du cancer - 1 May 2009
Ouerhani S, Rouissi K, Marrakchi R, Riadh Ben Slama M, Sfaxi M, Ayed M, Chebil M, Elgaaied Ab
Abstract excerpt
Cigarette smoking and genetic susceptibility are the two factors most closely associated with bladder cancer development. This study sought to determine the effect of smoking and genetic polymorphisms in xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes on the histological stage and grade of bladder tumors in Tunisian patients. A total of 97 patients with urothelial cell carcinomas were examined with respect to smoking status,...
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