UIC professor receives international humanitarian award
...rk focuses on preventing exposure to environmental carcinogens in air, water, food and the workplace by informing the public of avoidable risks and influencing governmental policies. The Golden Grand Medal is awarded every other year to individuals who have demonstrated exemplary service to humanity. "I am just ...Jefferson scientists find zinc may help prevent esophageal, oral cancers
...nd in the tongue, making both areas susceptible to carcinogens and increasing the risk of cancer development. In 2002, Dr. Fong reported that rats given a carcinogen while on a zinc-deficient diet developed esophageal cancer. Giving zinc prevented the cancer. Dr. Fong wanted to know if zinc could regulate COX-2...Fred Hutchinson receives $9.7 million to lead early detection consortium
...cancer to understand how environmental exposure to carcinogens interact with genes to cause cancer. COLLABORATING INSTITUTIONS AND RESEARCHERS The Institute for Systems Biology Seattle, Wash. Researchers at ISB have developed novel technologies for processing blood that allow a large numbe...New UNC, EPA 9/11 study suggests that pollutants posed small cancer risks
...f PAHs after 9/11," Rappaport said. "This class of carcinogens was often mentioned as being potentially important in and around Ground Zero, but virtually no air measurements had been reported." The team did not measure other cancer-causing compounds released into the atmosphere, he said. Neither could they gaug...'Reduced exposure' tobacco products lessen carcinogen exposure, but medicinal nicotine better
...not quit but would like to limit their exposure to carcinogens may instead switch to tobacco products advertised as having less of these harmful chemicals. Although some tobacco companies have developed methods to reduce the formation of nitrosamines--the most abundant and potent tobacco carcinogens, which are c...Lung cancer in women is a 21st century epidemic
...factors also play a role in the way women react to carcinogens and lung cancer. However, women's longer survival periods once they have lung cancer cannot be accounted for solely by a longer life expectancy or an imbalance of other prognostic factors, says Dr. Patel. "As researchers, we need to do our part to b...Lung cancer now leading cause of cancer death in women
...actors all are important to the way women react to carcinogens and lung cancer. This information should impact how we evaluate and screen patients who smoke and how we direct smoking cessation and lung cancer prevention programs," Patel said. For example, women are more likely than men to develop adenocarcinoma...Environmental and dietary influences on cancer risk
... "This is the first study to show the presence of carcinogens in the fetus at this early stage of development," ...ential to disrupt these processes such as chemical carcinogens found in tobacco are detrimental." Scientists analyzed fluid extracted from nonsmokers a...Hair dye use increases risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
... the last 20 years," said Zheng. "Since 1980, many carcinogens have been removed from some formulas, which vary depending on whether the dye is permanent, semi-permanent, darker or lighter." The six-year study was conducted on 601 Connecticut women diagnosed with varying subtypes of NHL between the ages of 21 ...Exposure to carcinogens not proportionally decreased by reduction in smoking
...drocarbons, are some of the most important tobacco carcinogens with respect to lung cancer. The people in the study, who overall had smoked an average of 23.7 cigarettes per day, gave two urine samples 1 week apart before reducing their cigarette consumption by 25% for 2 weeks, 50% for another 2 weeks, and then...University of Pittsburgh studies broccoli-derived chemicals to prevent prostate cancer
...tection against cancer in animal models induced by carcinogens including those in tobacco smoke. Epidemiological research also has shown that increased consumption of vegetables that contain ITCs significantly reduces the risk for prostate cancer. Dr. Singh's laboratory has found that some naturally occurring I...U of MN study first to detect tobacco-specific carcinogens in non-smokers in public setting
...his study is the first to measure tobacco-specific carcinogens in nonsmokers exposed to environmental tobacco smo...dy by the University of Minnesota examined tobacco carcinogens in nonsmoking women who were exposed to secondhand smoke at home.) "Environmental tobacco smoke in ...DNA repair activity may be associated with risk of lung cancer
...develop the disease. Tobacco smoke contains many carcinogens that are known to damage DNA. Reduced ability to repair damaged DNA has been associated with a predisposition to lung cancer in previous studies. To examine the association between a specific DNA repair enzyme and risk of lung cancer, Zvi Livneh, Ph....New UCLA program to study the possible environmental causes of cancer
...nts a cancer-causing enzyme from activating potent carcinogens found in smog, cooked foods and cigarette smoke. Investigate the molecular mechanism responsible for higher incidence of prostate cancer for men exposed to pesticides in California. Characterize genetically the molecular basis of hypersensitivity t...Smoking may change type of lymphoma into more lethal form of cancer
...homas has been attributed to exposure to chemical carcinogens such as herbicides and pesticides as well as to radiation. Now, smoking -- long known to cause cancer of the lung and other organs -- has been implicated in the development of a hematologic malignancy. While this subset of lymphomas usually follows ...Study exposes dangers of snuff for smokers wanting to quit
...ncer Institute, meanwhile, has identified 28 known carcinogens in snuff. Each year, more than 440,000 Americans die because of cigarette smoking, Tomar said. Annual smoking-attributable personal health-care expenditures exceed $75 billion, with nearly $82 billion in mortality-related productivity losses linked t...Smoking during adolescence could increase risk of breast cancer
...n breast tissue is most sensitive to environmental carcinogens during periods of rapid cell proliferation when differentiation is incomplete (puberty)-add epidemiological evidence to experimental studies, relating susceptibility to carcinogenesis to the biology of breast development. Our observations reinforce t...Recruitment of 50,000 sisters of women with breast cancer
...g those that determine the way their bodies handle carcinogens or repairs DNA. They also, Sandler said, share a common concern over the disease that makes them more likely to want to participate in the study and stay in the study for the ten or more years that it may take to get results. Besides collecting bio...UCI researchers leading the effort to understand the causes and effects of air pollution
...ntinues to increase understanding of the risks air carcinogens present to children. Here are a few current research projects of note. Large Scale Forest Fires Also Raise Ozone Pollutant Levels The product of the large-scale forest fires that have plagued the Western United States is easy to see -- thick, dark...Survey identifies drugs most likely to be found in the environment
...pose a human health risk, although the presence of carcinogens or teratogens even at low concentrations is of potential human health concern, she emphasized. Any danger from the drug concentrations is more likely to be to aquatic organisms than humans, according to Venkatraman. Our research suggests that certain...