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Therapeutic methods of gut microbiota modification in colorectal cancer management – fecal microbiota transplantation, prebiotics, probiotics, and synbiotics

Gut microbes, 2020
The link between gut microbiota and the development of colorectal cancer has been investigated. An imbalance in the gut microbiota promotes the progress of colorectal carcinogenesis via multiple mechanisms, including inflammation, activation of ...
Karolina Kaźmierczak-Siedlecka, A. Daca, Mateusz Fic, Thierry van de Wetering, M. Folwarski, W. Makarewicz   +5 more
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Meat intake, cooking methods, dietary carcinogens, and colorectal cancer risk: findings from the Colorectal Cancer Family Registry

Cancer Medicine, 2015
Diets high in red meat and processed meats are established colorectal cancer (CRC) risk factors. However, it is still not well understood what explains this association.
A. Joshi, Andre E Kim, J. Lewinger, C. Ulrich, J. Potter, M. Cotterchio, L. Le Marchand, M. Stern   +7 more
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Unboxing the molecular modalities of mutagens in cancer

Environmental science and pollution research international, 2021
The etiology of the majority of human cancers is associated with a myriad of environmental causes, including physical, chemical, and biological factors. DNA damage induced by such mutagens is the initial step in the process of carcinogenesis resulting in
S. Kumari, Sudhanshu Sharma, Dia Advani, A. Khosla, Pravir Kumar, R. K. Ambasta   +5 more
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Priority Setting for Occupational Cancer Prevention

Safety and Health at Work, 2018
Background: Selecting priority occupational carcinogens is important for cancer prevention efforts; however, standardized selection methods are not available.
Cheryl E. Peters, Alison L. Palmer, Joanne Telfer, Calvin B. Ge, Amy L. Hall, Hugh W. Davies, Manisha Pahwa, Paul A. Demers   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Opiate and Tobacco Use and Exposure to Carcinogens and Toxicants in the Golestan Cohort Study

Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, 2020
Background: There is little information on human exposure to carcinogens and other toxicants related to opiate use, alone or in combination with tobacco. Methods: Among male participants of the Golestan Cohort Study in Northeast Iran, we studied 28 never
A. Etemadi, H. Poustchi, A. Calafat, B. Blount, V. D. De Jesús, Lanqing Wang, A. Pourshams, Ramin Shakeri, Maki Inoue-Choi, M. Shiels, G. Roshandel, G. Murphy, C. Sosnoff, Deepak Bhandari, June Feng, B. Xia, Yuesong Wang, Lei Meng, F. Kamangar, P. Brennan, P. Boffetta, S. Dawsey, C. Abnet, R. Malekzadeh, N. Freedman   +24 more
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Cancer rates not explained by smoking: a county-level analysis

Environmental Health, 2020
Background Debates over the importance of “lifestyle” versus “environment” contributions to cancer have been going on for over 40 years. While it is clear that cigarette smoking is the most significant cancer risk factor, the contributions of ...
Douglas J. Myers, Polly Hoppin, Molly Jacobs, Richard Clapp, David Kriebel   +4 more
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Recent Studies on DNA Adducts Resulting from Human Exposure to Tobacco Smoke

Toxics, 2019
DNA adducts are believed to play a central role in the induction of cancer in cigarette smokers and are proposed as being potential biomarkers of cancer risk. We have summarized research conducted since 2012 on DNA adduct formation in smokers.
Bin Ma, Irina Stepanov, Stephen S. Hecht   +2 more
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Chemical Contamination in Bread from Food Processing and Its Environmental Origin

Molecules, 2022
Acrylamide (AA), furan and furan derivatives, polycyclic aromatic amines (PAHs), monochloropropanediols (MCPDs), glycidol, and their esters are carcinogens that are being formed in starchy and high-protein foodstuffs, including bread, through baking ...
Agnieszka Maher, Adriana Nowak
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Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology of Cancer in Low- and Medium-Income Countries

Annals of Global Health, 2014
Background: Genetic and molecular factors can play an important role in an individual’s cancer susceptibility and response to carcinogen exposure.
Jyoti Malhotra
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Clinical encounter with three cancer patients affected by groundwater contamination at Camp Lejeune: a case series and review of the literature

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2022
Background Advanced understanding of tumor biology has recently revealed the complexity of cancer genetics, intra/inter-tumor heterogeneity, and diverse mechanisms of resistance to cancer treatment.
Kyungsuk Jung, Aziz Khan, Robert Mocharnuk, Susan Olivo-Marston, Justin T. McDaniel   +4 more
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