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Gene-environment interaction involved in cholangiocarcinoma in the Thai population: polymorphisms of DNA repair genes, smoking and use of alcohol.
BMJ open - 21 Oct 2014
Songserm Nopparat, Promthet Supannee, Pientong Chamsai, Ekalaksananan Tipaya, Chopjitt Peechanika, Wiangnon Surapon
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is the most common malignancy in a Northeast Thai population. Smoking and alcohol drinking are associated with the production of free radical intermediates, which can cause several types of DNA lesions. Reduced repair of these DNA lesions would constitute an important risk factor for cancer development. We therefore examined whether polymorphisms in DNA base-excision repair...
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