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Aristolochic acid-induced upper tract urothelial carcinoma in Taiwan: clinical characteristics and outcomes.
International journal of cancer - 1 Jul 2013
Chen Chung-Hsin, Dickman Kathleen G, Huang Chao-Yuan, Moriya Masaaki, Shun Chia-Tung, Tai Huai-Ching, Huang Kuo-How, Wang Shuo-Meng, Lee Yuan-Ju, Grollman Arthur P, Pu Yeong-Shiau
Abstract excerpt
Aristolochic acid (AA), a component of all Aristolochia-based herbal medicines, is a potent nephrotoxin and human carcinogen associated with upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma (UUC). To investigate the clinical and pathological characteristics of AA-induced UUC, this study included 152 UUC patients, 93 of whom had been exposed to AA based on the presence of aristolactam-DNA adducts in the renal cortex. Gene...
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