From: Evidence That BRCA1- or BRCA2-Associated Cancers Are Not Inevitable
Reference | Spontaneous SCEs ± SD per cell determined by BrdU; n | Test mutagen | SCEs ± SD (max)/cell with mutagen; n | Two-sample unpaired t test results, mutagen SCEs versus spontaneous SCEs |
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7.01 ± 1.24; 22 | Chemotherapy | 11.52 ± 3.33; 24 | P < 0.001 | |
5.175 ± 0.607; 31 | Chlormethine hydrochloridea | 18.433 ± 4.523; 10 | P < 0.001 | |
8.4 ± 0.11; 5 | Ptaquiloside | 26.1 ± 0.14; 5 | P < 0.001 | |
2.54 ± 0.82; 20 | Type 1 diabetes | 5.44 ± 1.47; 35 | P < 0.001 | |
21.84 ± 4.21; 20 | White fluorescent light in S phase | 28.37 ± 5.98 | P = 0.0003 | |
6.9 ± 0.9; 22 | Smoking | 8.4 ± 1.2; 18 | NS | |
7.16 ± 1.13; 15 | Smoking | 8.65 ± 1.43; 14 | NS | |
9.32 ± 1.0; 8 | Smoking | 10.76 ± 1.36; 6 | NS | |
4.70 ± 0.24; 2 4.48 ± 0.46; 2 | MMCb | 34.82 ± 1.25; 2 | P < 0.0001 for weighted | |
4.45 ± 0.68; 4 | MMCb | 53.37 ± 5.1; 4 | averages of SCEs | |
5.95 ± 0.31; 1 |  | 25.95 ± 0.81; 1 | from MMC versus | |
 | 6.40 ± 0.59; 1 6.64 ± 0.47; 1 | MMC | 23.52 ± 1.30; 1 |