title: Hepatic acetylator polymorphism in breast cancer patients.
abstract: Hepatic acetylator phenotype has been determined, using sulfamethazine, in 81 white Spanish women with histologically proven breast cancer and in 75 adequate female controls. No differences were detected in the distribution of acetylator phenotype between the two groups of slow acetylators, 49 patients (60.5%) and 45 controls (60%). The percentage of acetylated sulfamethazine in plasma for each phenotype was not different either. Our results suggest that there is no relationship between the hepatic acetylator polymorphism and the risk of developing breast cancer in women.
authors: Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain.
authors: J M
authors: JM
authors: Ladero
authors: M J
authors: MJ
authors: Fernández
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Palmeiro
authors: J J
authors: JJ
authors: Muñoz
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Jara
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Lázaro
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Pérez-Manga
mesh_terms: D000107:Acetylation; D000123:Acetyltransferases / Q000032:analysis*; D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D008593:Menopause; D008875:Middle Aged; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012307:Risk Factors; D013418:Sulfamethazine / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D013418:Sulfamethazine; D000123:Acetyltransferases