The role of folates in squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck

Cancer Detection and Prevention

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 46-53

  Kane, Madeleine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemoprevention; Folate; Head and neck cancer; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); ALCOHOL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BENZO[A]PYRENE; CARCINOGEN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DIMETHYLBENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; FOLATE RECEPTOR; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID ANTAGONIST; FOLYLPOLYGLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; ISOTRETINOIN; PROTEIN P16; PROTEIN P53; RETINOID DERIVATIVE; RETINOL PALMITATE; SELENIUM; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL ASSAY; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA DEGRADATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DYSPLASIA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; LEUKOPLAKIA; METHYLATION; MOUTH CANCER; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TOBACCO; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 14144249910     PISSN: 0361090X     EISSN: 15251500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cdp.2004.08.002     Document Type: Article

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