Acetylator polymorphism in human colorectal carcinoma.

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Acetylator polymorphism in human colorectal carcinoma.

Cancer research - 15 Apr 1991

Ladero J M, González J F, Benítez J, Vargas E, Fernández M J, Baki W, Diaz-Rubio M

Abstract excerpt

Acetylator phenotype has been determined using sulfamethazine in 109 patients histologically diagnosed with colorectal carcinoma (resected in 74 patients by the time of the study) and in 96 age-matched controls. Fifty-five % of patients and 58.3% of controls were classified as slow acetylators (c...

Topics

Acetylation
Aged
Colorectal Neoplasms
Female
Humans
Male
Phenotype
Polymorphism, Genetic
Risk Factors

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