TY - JOUR
T1 - Cigarette smoking, von Hippel-Lindau gene mutations and sporadic renal cell carcinoma
AU - van Dijk, B.A.
AU - Schouten, L.J.
AU - Oosterwijk, E.
AU - Hulsbergen van de Kaa, C.A.
AU - Kiemeney, L.A.
AU - Goldbohm, R.A.
AU - Schalken, J.A.
AU - van den Brandt, P.A.
PY - 2006/1/1
Y1 - 2006/1/1
N2 - We investigated whether smoking is associated with mutations in the Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) gene in 337 cases of sporadic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) among 120 852 people followed for 11.3 years; the findings suggest that smoking causes RCC independently of VHL gene mutations. AD - Department of Epidemiology, NUTRIM, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, Maastricht 6200 MD, The Netherlands.
AB - We investigated whether smoking is associated with mutations in the Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) gene in 337 cases of sporadic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) among 120 852 people followed for 11.3 years; the findings suggest that smoking causes RCC independently of VHL gene mutations. AD - Department of Epidemiology, NUTRIM, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, Maastricht 6200 MD, The Netherlands.
U2 - 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603281
DO - 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603281
M3 - Article
C2 - 16892044
SN - 0007-0920
VL - 95
SP - 374
EP - 377
JO - British Journal of Cancer
JF - British Journal of Cancer
IS - 3
ER -