Although carcinogenic metals have been known to disrupt a wide range of cellular processes the precise mechanism by which these exert their carcinogenic effects is not known. Over the last decade or two, studies in the field of metal carcinogenesis suggest that epigenetic mechanisms may play a role in metal-induced carcinogenesis. In this review we summarize the evidence demonstrating that expo...

The solvent dependence of the photooxidation of tryptophan and 3,4-benzopyrene in aqueous solutions was studied by quantum yield measurements. When the hydrocarbon is dissolved in aqueous solution of caffeine, the quantum yields indicate a 3,4-benzopyrene photosensitized trypto­ phan oxidation instead of a photocooxidation, which is indicated in aqueous solution of sodium dodecylsulfate. The sa...

approach is the recognition that the response to a carcinogenic agent depends on the rate of exposure. For the radioactive agents the priority for the study of the so-called dose-rate effects appears to belong to Upton (3). A review (4) indicates that important dose-rate effects exist also for certain chemical carcinogens. Another item that I miss in Comnfield's approach is the phenomenon of sy...

Aspartame is an intense artificial sweetener with a sweet test approximately 200 times that of sucrose and used as additive in more than 6,000 products. Aspartame was invented by GD-Searle in 1965 and submitted for pre-marketing safety evaluation in early 1980s. The studies conducted by GD-Searle to evaluate the potential carcinogenic risks of aspartame did not show any effect. Because of the g...

Background: The present study investigated the impact of land use on health risks (cancerous and non-cancerous) of heavy metals in soil along the Hemmat Highway of Tehran, Iran. Materials and Methods: A total of 28 soil samples were collected in August 2014 from the roadside soil of the Hemmat Highway. The collected samples were air-dried and digested, and then, analyzed for heavy metals usi...

Introduction Molecular analysis of human tumors suggests that multiple genetic changes are required for a normal cell to become malignant (1). The multistage nature of carcinogenesis implies that cells which contain one or a few genetic mutations may behave normally; several other genetic insults are required to confer the tumor phenotype. It can be postulated that genetic damage may occur in g...

It is quite remarkable that tamoxifen, a drug that is so effective in the treatment of breast cancer, should have so low a toxicity profile. Since 1971, tamoxifen has been used to treat many millions of patients for periods sometimes in excess of 10 years, in doses sometimes eightfold higher than the usual dose; yet the incidence of serious toxic effects from tamoxifen has been almost negligibl...

Some of the problems presented by the carcinogenic substances that have been extracted from human tissues will be solved only when these compounds have been chemically identified and assayed. At the present time very difficult questions have been raised by the fact that the substances have been found in the tissues from some patients dead of cancer but not in others, sample of 67 human livers, ...

The fumonisins, a family of food-borne carcinogenic mycotoxins, were first isolated in 1988 (21) from cultures of Fusarium verticillioides (Sacc.) Nirenberg (previously known as Fusarium moniliforme Sheldon). During the same year, the structures of the fumonisins were elucidated (6) and fumonisin B1 was shown to cause equine leukoencephalomalacia (34). There have been numerous publications deal...