GSTM1 gene polymorphism as a possible marker for susceptibility to head and neck cancers among Japanese smokers

Cancer Letters

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 257-262

  Kihara, Masako ^a   Kihara, Masahiro ^b   Kubota, Akira ^b   Furukawa, Madoka ^b   Kimura, Hirokazu ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAGAWA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glutathione S transferase M1; Head and neck cancer; Polymerase chain reaction; Smoking habit

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENOTYPE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; JAPAN; LARYNX CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING HABIT;

DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0031590976     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(96)04584-3     Document Type: Article

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