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Carcinogenesis: December 1995
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Inflammation and Cancer -
In the November, 1995 issue of the Cancerweb Report we discussed the
role of inflammation in cancer development. Further to that,
thesis research by Dr. Benjamin Blount at the University of
California, Berkeley, identified the burst of highly active
substances - hydrogen peroxide, superoxide, hypochlorous acid,
and nitric oxide - released by monocytes and macrophages during
the inflammation process, as being responsible for causing damage
to DNA. The products were measured in cell DNA where they are
responsible for mutations.
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