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Association of catalase genotype with oxidative stress in the predication of colorectal cancer: modification by epidemiological factors.
Biomedical and environmental sciences : BES - 1 Apr 2012
Chang Dong, Hu Zhang Liang, Zhang Lin, Zhao Ya Shuang, Meng Qing Hui, Guan Qing Bai, Zhou Jin, Pan Hong Zhi
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OBJECTIVE: This paper aims to assess the interaction between common variations in catalase (CAT) polymorphic gene and environmental factors for antioxidant defense enzyme in modulating individual susceptibility to colorectal cancer (CRC). METHODS: A case-control study with 880 colorectal cancer cases and 848 controls was conducted to investigate whether variations in the catalase (CAT) gene, one of the genes...
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