Analysis of variants in DNA damage signalling genes in bladder cancer

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Chemicals from occupational exposure and components of cigarette smoke can cause DNA damage in bladder urothelium. Failure to repair DNA damage by DNA repair proteins may result in mutations leading to genetic instability and the dev...

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Main Authors: Bishop D Timothy, Bristow Robert G, Churchman Michael, Iles Mark M, Elliott Faye, Choudhury Ananya, Kiltie Anne E
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-07-01
Series:BMC Medical Genetics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2350/9/69