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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-3-29
pubmed:abstractText
We investigated whether head-and-neck cancers are associated with an increased micronucleated cell rates (MN cell rates) and whether risk factors for these cancers are associated with alterations in micronucleated lymphocytes. MN cell rates were assessed in cytokinesis-blocked lymphocytes of 57 head-and-neck cancer patients (CP) before any anticancer treatment and of 198 male and female healthy subjects (HS). In the HS group, only smoking status significantly affect MN cell rates. In CP group age, sex, tobacco status, alcohol status, tumor stage, family history of cancer had no significant effect. For the non-smokers, the comparison between MN cell rates in HS and CP adjusted for age and sex showed a significant difference. The increase of MN cell rates in non-smokers patients may be attributable to cancer status. For the smokers, the comparison of MN cell rates in HS and CP matched for age and sex showed no significant difference. Pathological status could mask the smoking effect on peripheral blood lymphocytes in patients. Moreover, it probably could partly explain why MN cell rates in matched-CP smokers and HS smokers were similar. The authors do not recommend the CBMN assay in this present form to study smoking DNA-damage effects in peripheral blood lymphocytes of cancer patients, especially for patients with upper aero-digestive tract cancers or lung cancers for which tobacco is the major risk factor.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0027-5107
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 1999 Elsevier Science B.V.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
19
pubmed:volume
439
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
259-66
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Micronucleated lymphocyte rates from head-and-neck cancer patients.
pubmed:affiliation
Service d'Oncologie Médicale, CHU Timone Adultes, Bvd J. Moulin, 13385, Marseilles cédex 5, France. fduffaud@ap-hm.fr
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article