Skin Cancer
Oxidative stress/antioxidant network provide rationale for skin cancer treatment
Published in Blood Weekly, August 5th, 2004
According to a study from the United States, "Melanoma and nonmelanoma skin cancers are among the most prevalent cancers in the human population. Solar ultraviolet radiation is considered a major etiological factor but the relationship between dose, timing and nature of exposure to tumor development is still unclear."
"Free radicals are generated by normal physiologic processes, including aerobic metabolism and inflammatory response, but may inflict cellular damage when generation is increased and antioxidant defense mechanisms are overwhelmed," C.S. Sander...
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