Diesel exhaust is linked to cancer development via new blood vessel growth

Wednesday, September 2, 2009 - 12:21 in Health & Medicine

Scientists here are the first to demonstrate that the link between diesel fume exposure and cancer lies in the ability of diesel exhaust to induce the growth of new blood vessels that serve as a food supply for solid tumors.

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