Article
Lung carcinogenesis by tobacco smoke.
International journal of cancer - 15 Dec 2012
Hecht Stephen S
Abstract excerpt
Cigarette smoke is a complex mixture of chemicals including multiple genotoxic lung carcinogens. The classic mechanisms of carcinogen metabolic activation to DNA adducts, leading to miscoding and mutations in critical growth control genes, applies to this mixture but some aspects are difficult to establish because of the complexity of the exposure. This article discusses certain features of this mechanism...
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