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Glutathione S-transferase M1 and its variants A and B as host factors of bladder cancer susceptibility: a case-control study.
Cancer research - 1 Aug 1994
Brockmöller J, Kerb R, Drakoulis N, Staffeldt B, Roots I
Abstract excerpt
Glutathione S-transferase M1 (GSTM1) is a foreign compound-metabolizing enzyme with a heritable complete lack of activity in about 50% of Caucasians. GSTM1 deficiency may predispose individuals to urinary bladder cancer. Thus, a hospital-based case-control study was performed with 296 patients with bladder cancer and 400 controls, investigating this GSTM1 deficiency in relation to environmental risk factors and...
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