With the entire world watching the recent Fukushima events and the rising of radiation levels, reported mutations and
increasing numbers of cancer patients (Kudo himself died of cancer) his oeuvre can be regarded as a valid political statement of contemporary culture on a global scale.
Experts say the dose from the backscatter is negligible when compared with naturally occurring background radiation, but a linear model shows even such trivial amounts
increase the number of cancer cases
They find that tumors lacking Numb have
increased numbers of cancer stem cells, thus providing the tumor with a higher potential to spread and grow.
With
increasing number of cancer - related detections, India must address low awareness and misconceptions surrounding cancer as they are leading to late detection of cancer.
Not exact matches
(Smoking substantially
increases a person's risk
of getting a
number of cancers, heart and lung diseases, and other ailments.)
At last year's Brainstorm Health conference in San Diego, Bergh found himself sitting at dinner with Othman Laraki, the cofounder and CEO
of Color Genomics — a company that extracts the DNA from a customer's submitted saliva sample and then looks for a set
number of gene mutations known to be associated with
increased risk for developing certain hereditary
cancers or heart conditions (depending on the test).
We can think
of the problem
of cancer or
of poliomyelitis,
of the
increasing number of people who are mentally sick,
of the thousands
of broken homes,
of the juvenile delinquent, and
of the special problems
of the blind, the deaf, the dumb, the spastic and the mentally defective.
Two
of them also examined the effect
of multiple abortions, and both
of these found the risk
of breast
cancer to
increase with the
number of induced abortions.
Eating processed meats
increases the risk
of colorectal
cancer, according to a large number of studies, including the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)
cancer, according to a large
number of studies, including the European Prospective Investigation into
Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)
Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study.
The coalition has been awarded three grants over the past five years: Colorado Department
of Public Health & Environment
Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease and Pulmonary Disease Grant with the goal
of increasing the
number of policies and practices that promote and support breastfeeding - friendly environments; Business Case for Breastfeeding Grant to educate employers on how to comply with the Workplace Accommodations for Nursing Mothers Act and a Women Infants and Children (WIC) Local Agency Breastfeeding Special Project Grant.
There are a
number of risks associated with the use
of infant formula which include reduced cognitive development and
increased risk
of allergies and asthma, SIDS, acute respiratory infection, obesity, and childhood
cancers, to name a few.
Breast
cancer survival rates have
increased, and the
number of deaths associated with this disease is steadily declining, largely due to factors such as earlier detection, a new personalized approach to treatment and a better understanding
of the disease.
New analysis shows the
number of diesel cars on London's roads has
increased by over 170,000 since 2012, despite serious public health warnings about the risks
of cancer and air pollution.
«It
increases the
number of HPV16 genomes studied by an order
of magnitude and is the first large study to evaluate variation occurring throughout the HPV16 genome at the isolate level linked to
cancer development.»
According to researchers from Boston University School
of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center (BMC) while the merits
of screening tests and screening intervals warrant further discussion, they firmly believe that
increasing the
number of women who participate in
cancer screenings and ensuring that women are not lost to follow - up with lengthened screening intervals is more important than the choice
of test to decrease rates
of cervical
cancer.
«The
increased number of exosomes reaching the pancreas may gain further advantage to enter KRAS - associated
cancer cells as a result
of enhanced macropinocytosis, which concurs with previous findings,» said Kamerkar.
They found that breast
cancer incidence rose 25 percent from the early 1980s to the early 1990s — a period when an
increasing number of women were getting mammograms and also undergoing hormone therapy to control menopause symptoms and prevent chronic disease.
Considering the thousands
of people diagnosed with these
cancers annually, a 1 %
increase in early - stage diagnosis could add up to a significant
number of new cases and potentially lead to better outcomes.
Among patients with non-small cell lung
cancer (NSCLC) fueled by ALK gene alterations who were being treated with crizotinib (Xalkori), a decrease in the
number of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) harboring
increased copies
of the ALK gene over the first two months
of treatment was associated with
increased progression - free survival.
«We're seeing that this
cancer is likely very underreported, and as more information on this type
of cancer comes to light, the
number of cases is likely to
increase in the coming years,» said Dino Ravnic, assistant professor
of surgery, Penn State College
of Medicine.
«The
increased risk is such that if Canada was to switch over to a system
of private, for - profit hospitals, we would expect an additional 2200 Canadians to die each year,» says the cardiologist, adding that this
number is comparable to that
of Canadians dying each year in motor vehicle accidents or from colorectal
cancer.
She notices, too, that
increasing numbers of graduate students show a specific interest in
cancer research.
Loss
of either GSTO1 or RYR1, the researchers report, decreased the
number of cancer stem cells in the primary tumor, blocked metastasis
of cancer cells from the primary tumor to the lungs, decreased the duration
of chemotherapy required to induce remission and
increased the duration
of time after chemotherapy was stopped that the mice remained tumor - free.
When the researchers manipulated the cell's genetics to
increase levels
of ALKBH5 without exposing them to low oxygen, they found this also decreased methylation
of NANOG mRNA and
increased the
numbers of breast
cancer stem cells.
The absolute risk this poses may be low — a chest X-ray only
increases the risk
of a fatal
cancer by 1 in 200,000 — but it must be balanced against the large
number of flights, and whether the risk is avoidable.
The study shows that in mice on the Westernized diet both the
number of cancer nodules and the size
of the
cancer nodules
increased in the liver.
Because it is so deadly and because the
number of new cases is
increasing, it is predicted to be the second leading cause
of cancer deaths in the western world by 2020, trailing only lung
cancer, he adds.
«As these drugs are considerably cheaper than current therapies, they can improve treatment in the developing world where the
number of deaths from
cancer is predicted to
increase significantly over the next ten years,» said Dr Federica Sotgia, another leader
of the study.
Obesity puts a large burden on the health care system and
increases an individual's risk for a
number of diseases including diabetes, cardiovascular disease and
cancer.
The
number of cancer survivors is projected to
increase by 31 percent, to 20.3 million, by 2026.
«The findings suggest that policies such as the Affordable Care Act that
increase the
number of people in America with health coverage will result in fewer late - stage
cancer diagnoses and save lives.»
When mice bearing pancreatic tumors were injected with an antibody that prevents galectin - 9 from docking into dectin - 1, they developed M1 macrophages, which sent signals that dramatically
increased the
number of T cells capable
of attacking the
cancer cells.
Because p53 is often mutated or lost in
cancer cells, a
number of compounds have been designed to
increase its levels as a possible anti-
cancer treatment.
The temperature also
increased with the
number of years a person had smoked and the stage at which their lung
cancer had developed.
An analysis
of lung
cancer incidence and screening found a decline in the proportion
of patients with lung
cancer meeting high - risk screening criteria, suggesting that an
increasing number of patients with lung
cancer would not have been candidates for screening, according to a study in the February 24 issue
of JAMA.
Further, risk
of high - grade prostate
cancer did not
increase according to the total
number of testosterone injections.
Both the
number and activity
of osteoblasts — cells that produce and reshape bone tissue — were
increased within the bone marrow
of mice with lung tumors compared with
cancer - free animals; and reducing the
number of osteoblasts in mice not only limited neutrophil infiltration
of tumors but also interrupted tumor progression.
Moscow's air is heavily polluted and the city's hospitals have had to deal with an
increasing number of cases
of chronic bronchitis, asthma and lung
cancer.
Oral mystery Despite HPV's role in
increasing the
number of oropharyngeal
cancers, it seems to produce tumors that are much easier to treat than HPV - negative malignancies.
Other recent studies have recognized HCV's
increased association with additional
cancers, says Torres, but there was no known association with a significant
number of head and neck
cancers.
When Torres started the clinic, he expected to see a
number of patients with liver
cancers and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, as these have documented associations with HCV
of 48-fold and two - to three-fold
increased risk, respectively.
Between 1992 and 2006, the
number of treatment procedures for slow - growing nonmelanoma skin
cancers increased by almost 77 %.
«Over 3 million people are diagnosed with
cancer each year in Europe and it is likely that this number will increase by at least 65 % over the next 20 years,» said Nora Kearney, Professor of Cancer Care at the University of Surrey and Principal Investi
cancer each year in Europe and it is likely that this
number will
increase by at least 65 % over the next 20 years,» said Nora Kearney, Professor
of Cancer Care at the University of Surrey and Principal Investi
Cancer Care at the University
of Surrey and Principal Investigator.
Since 1980, the incidence
of hepatocellular carcinoma, the most common type
of liver
cancer, has nearly tripled, and obesity related liver disease is one
of the driving forces behind the
increasing number of cases.
When the two species were put into mice predisposed to get bowel
cancer, the
number of tumours that formed dramatically
increased (Science, doi.org/cj4w).
«The benefits
of early therapy are significant, since it
increases the
number of healthy life years for patients and decreases their chances
of getting serious liver diseases, like liver failure and liver
cancer,» said Harinder Chahal, PharmD, MSc, an assistant adjunct professor in the UCSF department
of clinical pharmacy.
Older adults who died from
cancer had the largest
increase in the
number of drugs.
Additionally, overexpression
of POSTN in human mammary epithelial and breast
cancer cells resulted in enhanced tumor growth and metastasis (Wang et al., 2013), which is similar to a colon
cancer cell model where overexpression
of POSTN resulted in an
increase in the
number and size
of liver metastases (Bao et al., 2004).
The National
Cancer Institute says the number of new cases of non-melanoma skin cancer appears to be increasing every
Cancer Institute says the
number of new cases
of non-melanoma skin
cancer appears to be increasing every
cancer appears to be
increasing every year.
Reuters reports that «the activity
of disease - preventing genes
increased while a
number of disease - promoting genes, including those involved in prostate
cancer and breast
cancer, shut down, according to the study published in the journal Proceedings
of the National Academy
of Sciences.»