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Polymorphisms of the DNA repair genes XRCC1 and ERCC4 are not associated with smoking- and drinking-dependent larynx cancer in a Polish population.
Experimental oncology - 1 Mar 2011
Krupa R, Kasznicki J, Gajęcka M, Rydzanicz M, Kiwerska K, Kaczmarczyk D, Olszewski J, Szyfter K, Blasiak J, Morawiec-Sztandera A
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BACKGROUND: Tobacco smoking and alcohol drinking generate oxidative DNA damage and may contribute to larynx carcinogenesis. The X-ray repair cross complementing 1 (XRCC1) and excision repair cross-complementing rodent repair deficiency, complementation group 4 (ERCC4(XPF)) genes are important components of DNA excision repair systems, which repair DNA damage induced by various factors, including tobacco smoking...
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