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Dysfunction of mitochondria due to environmental carcinogens in nasopharyngeal carcinoma in the ethnic group of Northeast Indian population.
Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine - 1 Jul 2014
Ghosh Sankar Kumar, Singh Anil Seram, Mondal Rosy, Kapfo Wetetsho, Khamo V, Singh Y Indibor
Abstract excerpt
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a rare cancer worldwide, but in India, NPC is uncommon in its subcontinent except in the north-eastern part of the country. NPC is thought to be caused by the combined effects of environmental carcinogens, genetic susceptibility and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). This is the first study that aimed to examine the selected risk factors, mostly dietary, viral environmental, metabolic...
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