Science news articles about 'tobacco carcinogens'

... she said. "Several case-control studies seem to suggest that women are more vulnerable to tobacco carcinogens than men." On the positive side, other research presented at the conference suggests that ...

... -derived chemical and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are the main culprits in lung cancer. Exposure to tobacco smoke – both mainstream and second-hand – is a leading cause of cancer death in ...

Women may be more vulnerable than men to the cancer-causing effects of smoking tobacco, according to new results.

... are believed to cause genome damage," he said. "While there is evidence that the mutations induced by these tobacco carcinogens do play an important role in cancer development, our study reveals the ...

... the genome. When DNA repair failed to fix the DNA damages caused by exogenous agents such as tobacco carcinogens or endogenous agents such as reactive oxygen species, there is an increased chance of ...

... than men over their lifetimes. "Our findings suggest women may have an increased susceptibility to tobacco carcinogens. They are alarming because they show that women, despite smoking less than men, ...

... from soy foods act as an anti-inflammatory agent in the lung, and can protect against tobacco carcinogens for smokers. However, further research is needed to understand the underlying biological ...

... of lung cancer, we know other factors can play an important role in enhancing the impact of tobacco carcinogens; this research suggests that in women hormonal factors may play such a role." Women ...