Article
Cytochrome P-450 lA1 genotype in lung cancer patients and controls in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 Mar 1994
Sugimura H, Suzuki I, Hamada G S, Iwase T, Takahashi T, Nagura K, Iwata H, Watanabe S, Kino I, Tsugane S
Abstract excerpt
Mspl restriction fragment length polymorphism in cytochrome P-450 IA1 (CypIA1) gene, which has been associated with lung cancer susceptibility in Japanese, was studied in persons from Rio de Janeiro, in the framework of a hospital-based, age, race (black or nonblack), and gender-matched case-control study (n = 222; 110 cases and 112 controls). Contrary to the hypothesis, there was no difference in the frequency...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Black People
- Brazil
- Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
- Carcinoma, Small Cell
- Case-Control Studies
- Cross-Cultural Comparison
- Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System