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The variability of biotransformation enzyme activities is associated with various types of exposures and host factors, possibly originating from early childhood. Since many carcinogenic compounds require metabolic activation before being capable of reacting with cellular macromolecules, individual features of carcinogen metabolism may play an essential role in the development of environmental cancer.1 As individual response to environmental mutagens and carcinogens vary there is no pure distinction between purely genetic or environmental cancers. Often there is no incompatibility between environmental and genetic origin of cancer as is the case e.g. with smoking where a chemical mixture induces cancer but individuals show different sensitivity to these agents causing a cancer. A complicating factor is the multistage etiology of carcinogenesis implying the involvement of many distinct events. However, it has become evident that the enzymes activating and inactivating exogenous carcinogens are involved.
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Hietanen, E. (1999). Significance of Genetic Polymorphisms in Cancer Susceptibility. In: Zappia, V., Della Ragione, F., Barbarisi, A., Russo, G.L., Iacovo, R.D. (eds) Advances in Nutrition and Cancer 2. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 472. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3230-6_21
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