Joint effect of smoking and NQO1 C609T polymorphism on undifferentiated nasopharyngeal carcinoma risk in a North African population.

Khalid MoumadWafa KhaaliAbdellatif BeniderWided Ben AyoubMokhtar Hamdi-CherifKada BoualgaElham HassenEl Khalil Ben DrissMarilys CorbexMeriem Khyatti

Published in: Molecular genetics & genomic medicine (2018)

In this North African population, the functional NQO1 polymorphism was associated with a significantly higher risk of NPC among smokers and did not affect the risk among nonsmokers.

Keyphrases

smoking cessation
tertiary care