A review of Agent Orange and its associated oncologic risk of genitourinary cancers
| Autor: | Michael Benson, Chrystal Chang, Mina M. Fam |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Oncology medicine.medical_specialty Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins Urology 03 medical and health sciences chemistry.chemical_compound 0302 clinical medicine Testicular Neoplasms Risk Factors Internal medicine Agent Orange medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Gynecology Defoliants Chemical business.industry Genitourinary system Prostatic Neoplasms Cancer Renal cancers medicine.disease Kidney Neoplasms Urological cancers Urinary Bladder Neoplasms chemistry 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis business Genitourinary Cancers |
| Zdroj: | Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations. 35:633-639 |
| ISSN: | 1078-1439 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.urolonc.2017.08.029 |
| Popis: | Agent Orange is an herbicide sprayed widely in Vietnam that is linked to a variety of malignancies in as early as 1991.Since then, there has been concern for, and subsequent interest in studying, the potential connection between Agent Orange and other malignancies. In the past 2 decades, there have been significant changes in the opinion of the National Academy of Science regarding Agent Orange and certain genitourinary malignancies. Herein, we review the literature regarding the potential link between Agent Orange and various urological cancers, including prostate, bladder, testicular, and renal cancers. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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