How Arsenic Exposure Promotes Cancer
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 15:14
in Health & Medicine
Researchers have found a new oncogenic signaling pathway by which arsenic exposure may lead to adverse health effects, including bladder cancer. The results appear in Cancer Research. While the correlation between exposure to arsenic resulting in humantumors such as those derived from bladder, lung and skin is well established, the molecular mechanisms driving this connection has remained unclear. read more
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