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Reduced DNA repair capacity for removing tobacco carcinogen-induced DNA adducts contributes to risk of head and neck cancer but not tumor characteristics.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 15 Jan 2010
Wang Li-E, Hu Zhibin, Sturgis Erich M, Spitz Margaret R, Strom Sara S, Amos Christopher I, Guo Zhaozheng, Qiao Yawei, Gillenwater Ann Marie, Myers Jeffrey N, Clayman Gary L, Weber Randal S, El-Naggar Adel K, Mao Li, Lippman Scott M, Hong Waun Ki, Wei Qingyi
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Although cigarette smoking and alcohol use are known risk factors for squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck (SCCHN), only a few exposed individuals develop this disease, suggesting an individual susceptibility. In this study, we investigated the associations between genetically determ...
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