Viruses as possible etiologic factors in human breast cancer
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Viruses and human breast cancer.
There are well-established risk factors for breast cancer, most of which relate to estrogens and growth hormones in females. These include early-age menarche, late-age menopause, postmenopausal obesity and use of hormone therapy. However, these factors do not account for the sixfold difference in breast cancer incidence and mortality between countries and the fact that these differences dramati...
متن کاملPossible DNA Viral Factors of Human Breast Cancer
Viruses are considered to be one of the high-risk factors closely related to human breast cancer. However, different studies of viruses in breast cancer present conflicting results and some of these works remain in dispute. DNA viruses, such as specific types of human papillomaviruses (HPV), Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), herpes simplex virus (HSV), and human herpes vir...
متن کاملHuman Papilloma Viruses and Breast Cancer
PURPOSE Human papillomaviruses (HPV) may have a role in some breast cancers. The purpose of this study is to fill important gaps in the evidence. These gaps are: (i) confirmation of the presence of high risk for cancer HPVs in breast cancers, (ii) evidence of HPV infections in benign breast tissues prior to the development of HPV-positive breast cancer in the same patients, (iii) evidence that ...
متن کاملCinnamon products as a possible etiologic factor in orofacial granulomatosis.
OBJECTIVES It has been reported that clinical changes due to hypersensitivity reactions to various foods, preservatives, and oral hygiene products may be consistent with the characteristic signs of orofacial granulomatosis (OFG). The objective of this study was to examine 37 well-documented cases of cinnamon-induced contact stomatitis for clinical and histological features consistent with a dia...
متن کاملEnvironmental contaminants as etiologic factors for diabetes.
For both type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus, the rates have been increasing in the United States and elsewhere; rates vary widely by country, and genetic factors account for less than half of new cases. These observations suggest environmental factors cause both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Occupational exposures have been associated with increased risk of diabetes. In addition, recent data sug...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Cancer
سال: 1969
ISSN: 0008-543X,1097-0142
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(196912)24:6<1241::aid-cncr2820240630>3.0.co;2-g