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Gene environment interaction in urinary bladder cancer with special reference to organochlorine pesticide: a case control study.
Cancer biomarkers : section A of Disease markers - 1 Jan 2013
Sharma Tusha, Jain Smita, Verma Ankur, Sharma Nivedita, Gupta Sanjay, Arora Vinod Kumar, Dev Banerjee Basu
Abstract excerpt
Urinary bladder cancer (UBC) is a common disease worldwide with a higher incidence rate in developed countries. Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), potent endocrine disrupters, are found to be associated with several cancers such as prostate, breast, bladder, etc. Glutathione S-transferase (GST) is a polymorphic supergene family involved in the detoxification of numerous environmental toxins including OCPs. The...
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