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Glutathione S-transferase (GSTM1, GSTT1 and GSTA1) polymorphisms and outcomes after treatment for acute myeloid leukemia: pharmacogenetics in Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG) clinical trials

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Acknowledgements

This investigation was supported in part by the following PHS Cooperative Agreement Grant numbers awarded by the National Cancer Institute, DHHS: CA38926, CA32102, and from a grant from the Southwest Oncology Group Hope Foundation.

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  1. Department of Epidemiology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA

    J R Weiss, K B Moysich & C B Ambrosone

  2. Southwest Oncology Group Statistical Center, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA

    K J Kopecky

  3. Department of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, USA

    J Godwin

  4. Katmai Oncology Group, Anchorage, AK, USA

    J Anderson

  5. Department of Pathology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA

    C L Willman

  6. Department of Cytogenetics, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA, USA

    M L Slovak

  7. Department of Clinical Cancer Prevention, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA

    A Hoque

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Weiss, J., Kopecky, K., Godwin, J. et al. Glutathione S-transferase (GSTM1, GSTT1 and GSTA1) polymorphisms and outcomes after treatment for acute myeloid leukemia: pharmacogenetics in Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG) clinical trials. Leukemia 20, 2169–2171 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2404421

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