9 results for “General Electric”
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Medical study · Medical research · 2011
Antioxidants in the chemoprevention of colorectal cancer and colorectal adenomas in the general population: a systematic review and meta-analysis
…to assess the present evidence on the effect of antioxidants on the incidence of colorectal neoplasms in the general population. A systematic review of randomized controlled trials was undertaken comparing antioxidants alone or in combination with…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1999
Squamous cell carcinoma of the colon in an asbestos worker
This case report from Northern General Hospital in Sheffield, UK, described one 66-year-old man with squamous cell carcinoma of the colon at the hepatic flexure. He was known to have pleural plaques caused by…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2023
Synchronous Malignant Peritoneal Mesothelioma and Sigmoid Adenocarcinoma: a Challenging Clinical Entity
…the final diagnosis was sigmoid adenocarcinoma with synchronous MPM. The patient was started on palliative chemotherapy (capecitabine) without active management of MPM because of her general condition. She was followed up with a good clinical course…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2001
A case-control study of the relationship between the risk of colon cancer in men and exposures to occupational agents
…who were diagnosed with colon cancer between 1979 and 1985. They compared them with 2047 control men: 1514 with other cancers and 533 from the general population. Chemists and industrial hygienists turned each man's job…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2001
Absence of post-transcriptional RNA modifications of BCL10 in human malignant mesothelioma and colorectal cancer
…lines. SSCP revealed several different band shifts in these samples. The nucleotide changes observed in the cDNA samples were also seen in matched genomic DNA and corresponded to known polymorphisms in the general population. Thus, we…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1982
The costs and effects of screening for cancer among asbestos-exposed workers
…We have reviewed the data on the general effectiveness of screening for the two most common cancers found in these workers (lung cancer and colo-rectal cancer) and have compared the relative benefits expected from screening…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1989
Colon cancer, physical activity, and occupational exposures. A case-control study
…High-grade exposure to asbestos or to organic solvents gave a two-fold increased risk. Regarding exposure to trichloroethylene in general, a slightly increased risk was found whereas such exposure among dry cleaners gave a seven…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2002
Thymidylate synthase: a critical target for cancer chemotherapy
…Drug Administration as first-line therapy for patients with advanced colorectal cancer. As the number of TS inhibitors available for general clinical use increases, further research is needed to elucidate the critical molecular and biochemical elements…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1992
Asbestos and colon cancer: lack of association in a large case-control study
…frequency or duration of exposure increased. This study suggests not only that occupational exposure to asbestos is not a risk factor for colon cancer in the general population of Los Angeles, but also that observed associations…