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Table 2 DNA damage in peripheral blood lymphocytes of EC patients related to a family history of cancer

From: DNA repair deficiency in peripheral blood lymphocytes of endometrial cancer patients with a family history of cancer

Groups of examined patients (n =40)

% tail DNA mean ± SD

Baseline DNA damage

Net bleomycin-induced DNA damage

Removed DNA damage

Patients with a family history of cancer (n =12)

10.35 ± 16.35

91.09 ± 2.52

36.24 ± 14.05

Patients with no family history of cancer (n =28)

9.51 ± 15.71

88.56 ± 4.25

64.91 ± 19.36*

  1. *Difference is significant in respect to the group of patients with a family history of cancer (р < 0.05).
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BMC Cancer

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