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Biomarkers confirm higher incidence of thyroid cancer among World Trade Center responders
Publicado em 05 agosto 2019
The incidence of thyroid cancer among first responders who volunteered or were employed as firefighters, rescue personnel and cleanup workers at Ground Zero in New York on or after September 11, 2001, is three times higher than that in the general population.
This difference has been confirmed by a method involving a panel of four biomarkers that distinguish benign from malignant thyroid cancer cases on the basis of gene expression. The tests were developed by researchers at the Federal [...]
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Tests with topical treatment strategy for fighting skin cancer yield positive results
Publicado em 06 outubro 2017(Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo) The methodology developed in Brazil combines low-intensity electric current with a formulation containing nanoencapsulated chemotherapy. According to preliminary results of the study, cancer-induced mice treated with this new approach presented a significantly greater reduction in the size of the tumor than those that received it through injection.ver notícia