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SUBMITTER: Bethke L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1925111 | biostudies-literature | 2007
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bethke Lara L Webb Emily E Sellick Gabrielle G Rudd Matthew M Penegar Stephen S Withey Laura L Qureshi Mobshra M Houlston Richard R
BMC cancer 20070705
<h4>Background</h4>Cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes have the potential to affect colorectal cancer (CRC) risk by determining the genotoxic impact of exogenous carcinogens and levels of sex hormones.<h4>Methods</h4>To investigate if common variants of CYP1A2, CYP1B1, CYP3A4, CYP3A5, CYP11A1, CYP17A1 and CYP19A1 influence CRC risk we genotyped 2,575 CRC cases and 2,707 controls for 20 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that have not previously been shown to have functional consequence within thes ...[more]