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Assessing the carcinogenic potential of low-dose exposures to chemical mixtures in the environment: the challenge ahead. [PDF]
Lifestyle factors are responsible for a considerable portion of cancer incidence worldwide, but credible estimates from the World Health Organization and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) suggest that the fraction of cancers ...
Ab Hamid, Hasiah +173 more
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Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology of Cancer in Low- and Medium-Income Countries
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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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 +4 more
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Case-control study of arsenic in drinking water and lung cancer in California and Nevada. [PDF]
Millions of people are exposed to arsenic in drinking water, which at high concentrations is known to cause lung cancer in humans. At lower concentrations, the risks are unknown.
Balmes, John R +5 more
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Squamous Cancer of the Esophagus in Africa: A Causal Pathway Established
Squamous cancer of the esophagus has been endemic in much of East, Central and Southern Africa since the 1940s. Much research has concentrated on attempts to identify major carcinogenic influences, and failure to do so has made it clear that the problem ...
Alastair M Sammon
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The collapse of the World Trade Center (WTC) buildings in New York City generated a large plume of dust and smoke. WTC dust contained human carcinogens including metals, asbestos, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), persistent organic pollutants ...
Stephanie Tuminello +7 more
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Background: Despite our knowledge of the causes of cancer, millions of workers are involuntarily exposed to a wide range of known and suspected carcinogens in the workplace. To address this issue from a policy perspective, we developed a policy framework
Amanda Veglia +2 more
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Synthetic Receptors for Early Detection and Treatment of Cancer
Over recent decades, synthetic macrocyclic compounds have attracted interest from the scientific community due to their ability to selectively and reversibly form complexes with a huge variety of guest moieties. These molecules have been studied within a
Frank Davis, Séamus P. J. Higson
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The two-stage clonal expansion model in occupational cancer epidemiology: Results from three cohort studies [PDF]
Copyright © 2010 by the BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. All rights reserved.Objectives: The objective of this work was to apply the two-stage clonal expansion model, with the intention to expand the literature on epidemiological applications of the model and ...
Gore, R, Kriebel, D, Zeka, A
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Small Businesses, Public Health, and Scientific Integrity [PDF]
This report examines the activities of an independent office within the Small Business Administration: the Office of Advocacy. The Office of Advocacy has responsibility for ensuring that federal agencies evaluate the small business impacts of the rules ...
Katie Greenhaw +2 more
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