Respiratory Diseases - Protein p38 plays key role in supporting lung cancer growth |
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The latest respiratory diseases news from News Medical |
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| | Study shows protective cells reduce lung cancer risk in ex-smokers A new study could explain how lung cancer risk is reduced by quitting smoking. Published in the journal Nature in January 2020, the study shows that ex-smokers have a greater number of lung cells that have healthy genes compared to current smokers. Healthy genes are less likely to transform into cancerous cells. | |
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| | The study reveals a detailed epigenetic mechanism for how interleukin-1-beta, a common cytokine that helps fight infections during inflammation, plays a critical role in cancer metastasis. | | | | Mutations were observed in all genes studied, except c-MET, DDR2, MAP2K1, and RET. | | | | An International Journal of Cancer study that examined lung cancer rates in young adults in 40 countries across five continents uncovered a trend of higher lung cancer rates in women compared with men in recent years. | | | | In 20 - 40% of patients with cancer, metastasis (the development of secondary tumors) in the central nervous system (CNS) occurs. CNS metastatis impacts negatively on a patient's quality of life, and is associated with a poor health prognosis. | |
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