Article
N-acetyltransferase activity--a susceptibility factor in human bladder carcinogenesis.
Indian journal of cancer - 1 Mar 1995
Dewan A, Chattopadhyay P, Kulkarni P K
Abstract excerpt
A higher proportion of slow acetylator phenotypes has previously been found among bladder cancer patients. In the present study carried out among 77 male bladder cancer patients and 80 non-cancer controls, 59.74% of the patients and 35% of the controls were slow acetylator phenotypes (p < 0.01)....
Topics
- Adult
- Age Factors
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Arylamine N-Acetyltransferase
- Disease Susceptibility
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
- Reference Values
- Smoking
- Urinary Bladder Neoplasms