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Alcohol and Cancer

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The World Health Organization has identified chronic alcohol consumption as one of the top ten risk factors for worldwide burden of disease. The International Agency for Research on Cancer has identified alcohol as carcinogenic to humans, including cancers of the upper aerodigestive tract, colon, liver and breast. Alcohol’s actions may be direct e.g. effects on retinoic acid and one-carbon metabolism, or indirect, through metabolites such as acetaldehyde and reactive oxygen species or through various signaling pathways that influence cell cycle and apoptosis that may contribute to carcinogenesis. This report reviews the state of the art in alcohol-related cancer research in ten chapters.weiterlesen

Elektronisches Format: PDF

Sprache(n): Englisch

ISBN: 978-1-4614-0040-0 / 978-1461400400 / 9781461400400

Verlag: Springer US

Erscheinungsdatum: 23.08.2011

Seiten: 243

Herausgegeben von Samir Zakhari, Vasilis Vasiliou, Q. Max Guo

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