4-Hydroxy-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone, an Indicator for 4-(Methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone–Induced DNA Damage, Is Not Detected in Human Pancreatic Tissue

Bogdan Prokopczyk, Gerhard Leder, Neil Trushin, A. J. Cunningham, Shobha A. Akerkar, Brian Pittman, Marco Ramadani, Joern Straeter, H. G. Beger, Doris Henne‐Bruns,

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention · 2005 · 16 citations · 6 references

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Abstract

Tobacco smoking is the only known etiologic agent that causes pancreatic cancer. The tobacco-specific nitrosamine 4-(methylnitrosamino)-I-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK) is a potent carcinogen in laboratory rodents that, independent of the route of administration, induces primarily lung adenocarcinoma

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