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Combined effect of smoking and polymorphisms in tobacco carcinogen-metabolizing enzymes CYP1A1 and GSTM1 on the head and neck cancer risk in North Indians.
DNA and cell biology - 1 Aug 2010
Sharma Rajni, Ahuja Monica, Panda Naresh K, Khullar Madhu
Abstract excerpt
Tobacco consumption contributes to the etiology of majority of cancers, and polymorphisms in tobacco-metabolizing enzymes may modulate susceptibility to head and neck cancer (HNC). The aim of this study was to determine whether genetic polymorphisms in genes CYP1A1 and GSTM1, involved in metabolism of major classes of tobacco-derived carcinogens, may predispose to development of HNC in a North Indian population....
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