This can trigger a series of chemical changes in the body that lead to cancer.
However, in transplant patients with a weakened immune system it can lead to cancer.
Instead, it detects abnormalities which, if left untreated, could lead to cancer in a woman's cervix.
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Some strains of HPV lead to cancer (two strains account for 70% of cervical cancers), and others cause genital warts.
Runoff of nitrates and nitrites from fields sprayed with chemical fertilizers get into drinking water and cause cancer. can lead to cancer.
He added that people who drink large amounts of carbonated drinks may have other lifestyle factors which lead to cancer, such as being overweight.
The study from which the newly released data was taken, APPROVE, was designed to test whether Vioxx prevents the formation of colon polyps that can lead to cancer.
Such stress could ultimately lead to cancer and other diseases.
Despite the EU's 2009 ban, cosmetics firms were allowed to continue testing on animals for the most complex human health effects, such as toxicity which might lead to cancer.
All of the medicines were invented through close attention to the genetic defects in cells that lead to cancer, and tested in large clinical studies that experts praise for their rigor.
In the last few years, researchers have confirmed that cooking meat too long over a dry, intense heat creates small amounts of at least two kinds of compounds that can lead to cancer.
By putting them into a batch of human or mouse cells, and watching to see which ones become cancerous, scientists might be able to more quickly identify which genes or combinations of genes lead to cancer.
Inflammation and fibrosis - scarring - of the liver tissue, which affects about 10% of the UK population, can cause cirrhosis or liver failure and lead to cancer if diagnosis is delayed or if left untreated.
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Already as an undergraduate, Ivan did stem-cell research that could lead to new cancer treatments.
But longer exposure to the gene protein might lead to other cancer-causing abnormalities, which would not be reversible.
Over time, this can cause inflammation, which, decades later, can lead to lung cancer, or a tumour called mesothelioma.
Such viruses include the human papilloma virus, which can lead to cervical cancer, and Kaposi's sarcoma, which affects patients with HIV.
It can also lead to liver cancer, cirrhosis and severe liver disease.
There is no conclusive proof that Celebrex works as a preventive drug for anything other than a rare genetic condition that can lead to colorectal cancer.
The Environmental Working Group and other toxicology experts believe that oxybenzone is linked to hormone disruption and potentially to cell damage that may lead to skin cancer.
None of this would be a problem if the drug industry had a wealth of new breakthroughs, but even with new potential big sellers like Pfizer's Lyrica, for neuropathic pain, or Merck's Gardasil, a vaccine for a virus that can lead to cervical cancer, it's not clear that new drugs can make up for the ones that will be lost.
But we're not going to reduce the deficit by gutting education investments, gutting investments that we make in our infrastructure, gutting our investments in basic science and research that can lead to discoveries in clean energy or lead to discoveries in curing cancer.
The gene is thought to cause the death of cells, which can in turn lead to diseases including cancer.
Of course, other things lead to decreases in cancer, and a coincidental closing of a nuclear power plant means nothing.
Swanson, who was inspired to go into cancer research after her father died of lung cancer, hopes her simulation will lead to a new generation of customized brain cancer treatments.
"The Tour of Ireland could not be more proud than to have Lance Armstrong riding once again on Irish roads in the lead-up to his global cancer summit in Dublin, " said McQuaid.
Big data might even help lead to a cure for cancer.
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Someday the ability to measure the level of stem cells in a tumor could lead to new prognostic tests that predict when a cancer is likely to accelerate, helping doctors customize treatment.
Today, the discoveries taking place in our federally-financed labs and universities could lead to new treatments that kill cancer cells but leave healthy ones untouched.
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But the awareness that radiation can lead to the dreaded consequence of cancer makes us feel bad about exposure from nuclear power plants, John says.
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