TP53 Mutation Spectrum in Lung Cancer Is Not Different in Women and Men
Whether women are more susceptible to lung cancer than men has been controversial. Several case-control studies suggested that women have greater risk of lung cancer compared with men at similar levels of cigarette smoking, whereas some large cohort studies failed to observe this association. Other...
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Published in | Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention Vol. 14; no. 4; pp. 1031 - 1033 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Philadelphia, PA
American Association for Cancer Research
01.04.2005
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Summary: | Whether women are more susceptible to lung cancer than men has been controversial. Several case-control studies suggested
that women have greater risk of lung cancer compared with men at similar levels of cigarette smoking, whereas some large cohort
studies failed to observe this association. Other studies indicated that lung cancer may have biological characteristics and
mechanisms of carcinogenesis that are gender specific. Therefore, we hypothesized that women are more susceptible to the carcinogenic
effects of tobacco smoke exposure, as evidenced by a higher frequency of G:C-to-T:A somatic mutations in tumors from women
in comparison with men at similar levels of tobacco smoke exposure. To investigate our hypothesis, we examined the TP53 mutational spectrum in a case-only (102 women and 201 men) series study where complete smoking information was available.
A similar frequency and type of somatic TP53 mutations were observed in women and men. In conclusion, our study indicates that the TP53 mutation spectrum is similar in women and men. Our results are consistent with a recent large cohort study and summary of
previous cohort studies, suggesting that women likely have equivalent susceptibility to lung cancer as men. |
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ISSN: | 1055-9965 1538-7755 |
DOI: | 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-04-0640 |