Sentences with phrase «likely role in cancer»

These mutations also were enriched in the tumors, supporting a likely role in cancer.

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«Further work is needed to define the role of bariatric surgery in cancer care and prevention, but we know that women with endometrial cancer are more likely to die of cardiovascular causes than they are of endometrial cancer.

Events that cause inflammation in the body, such as an infection or smoking, are likely to have a role, says Stephen Baylin, deputy director of the cancer centre at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.

New molecular imaging technologies can make it easier to diagnose, monitor, and treat cancers while potentially saving patients from undergoing therapies that are likely to be ineffective and playing a role in minimizing side effects, according to experts from the Abramson Cancer Center and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

«These findings are important because they suggest that the genes we inherit from our parents likely play a significant role in our lifetime risk of developing pancreatic cancer,» said Dr. Biankin.

«We believe the aging of the U.S. population is likely driving the increase in MCC, as this cancer is much more prevalent in older individuals,» Dr. Nghiem says, adding that weakened immunity in this population may play a role in the disease.

«It therefore seems likely that the arsenic - induced inflammatory response plays at least some role in arsenic - induced cancer,» she says.

Researchers at Memorial Sloan - Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, led by oncologist Zsofia Stadler, suspected that CNVs could also play a role in some cancers, particularly those that appear early in life and are therefore less likely to have environmental components.

These two histones thus have a key role of epigenetic silencing of tumor suppressor genes in breast cancer (and likely other cancers), suggesting that they may represent new therapeutic targets.

Although most studies on the tomatoes» anticancer effects focused on prostate cancer prevention, it appears likely that tomatoes could play a role in preventing other cancers.

THE HIDDEN ROLE OF VEGETABLE OILS Because colorectal cancers start in the colon or rectum (which are part of the large intestine), it makes intuitive sense that diet is likely to be a determinant of increased colorectal cancer risk.

Foods that contain folic acid (green leafy vegetables, legumes, and oranges) are likely to be preferable to folate supplements, due to their fiber, beta — carotene, vitamin C, and phytochemical content, all of which may have important roles in reduction of breast cancer and cancer risk in general.

While genetics clearly play a role in cancer susceptibility in all pets, environmental factors, including cycling hormones in unspayed animals, as well as exposure to environmental and dietary toxins likely play a role.

Free radicals likely play a role in health problems such as heart disease and cancer, among others.

The ways that exercise reduces cancer risk is not fully understood, but Steven Moore, a researcher from the National Cancer Institute and the study leader, says that they suspect that changes in hormone levels, inflammation, digestion and overall energy balance are likely to play acancer risk is not fully understood, but Steven Moore, a researcher from the National Cancer Institute and the study leader, says that they suspect that changes in hormone levels, inflammation, digestion and overall energy balance are likely to play aCancer Institute and the study leader, says that they suspect that changes in hormone levels, inflammation, digestion and overall energy balance are likely to play a role.