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Volume 10 Supplement 1
Edited by Paolo Vineis and Rodolfo Saracci
The organization of the First Lorenzo Tomatis Conference on Environment and Cancer and the subsequent preparation of this supplement were made possible by the ECNIS grant (FOOD-CT-2005-513943) and ECNIS 2 grant (FP7-KBBE-2010-4) from the European Community, by a grant of the Compagnia di San Paolo to the FIRMS Foundation (La Fondazione Internazionale in Medicina Sperimentale) and by a grant of the HuGeF Foundation (Human Genetics Foundation) to Paolo Vineis.
First Lorenzo Tomatis Conference on Environment and Cancer. Go to conference site.
Turin, Italy
4-5 June 2009
Erratum
Since publication of Environmental Health 2011, 10(Suppl 1):S12 [1] it has been noticed that titles and captions for the figures and tables were incorrectly applied. In this full-length correction article, figure...
Environmental Health 2011 10(Suppl 1):S16
Published on: 28 July 2011
The original article was published in Environmental Health 2011 10:S12
Introduction
As an introduction to the series of papers arising from the first ‘Lorenzo Tomatis Conference on Environment and Cancer’ , Tomatis’ contributions to research in cancer prevention are first noted, especially th...
Environmental Health 2011 10(Suppl 1):S1
Published on: 5 April 2011
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Substantial changes in large parts of the developing world have materialised in the last three decades. These are extremely diverse countries with respect to culture, societal values and political arrangements...
Environmental Health 2011 10(Suppl 1):S2
Published on: 5 April 2011
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I will refer in this paper to difficulties in research in environmental causes of cancer using as examples research on dioxins and on drinking water disinfection by-products (DBPs) that have created considerab...
Environmental Health 2011 10(Suppl 1):S3
Published on: 5 April 2011
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This paper provides a perspective on epidemiological research on radiation and cancer, a field that has evolved over its six decade history. The review covers the current framework for assessing radiation risk...
Environmental Health 2011 10(Suppl 1):S4
Published on: 5 April 2011
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Molecular Epidemiology was originally conceived as a preventive approach, providing a valuable tool for investigating risk factors for cancer in vulnerable populations. Biomarkers can be used as early indicato...
Environmental Health 2011 10(Suppl 1):S5
Published on: 5 April 2011
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The Gambia Hepatitis Intervention Study (GHIS) consisted in the progressive introduction of HBV plasma-derived vaccine in different zones of this African country during the period 1986-1990. The study was laun...
Environmental Health 2011 10(Suppl 1):S6
Published on: 5 April 2011
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This paper provides a synthesis on socioeconomic inequalities in cancer incidence, mortality and survival across countries and within countries, with particular focus on the Italian context; the paper also des...
Environmental Health 2011 10(Suppl 1):S7
Published on: 5 April 2011
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At least in economically developed countries, in the last decades, the incidence of childhood cancer has increased and the increase is unlikely to be an artefact. Causes of the increase have not been identifie...
Environmental Health 2011 10(Suppl 1):S8
Published on: 5 April 2011
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Studies of occupational exposures have made major contributions to our understanding of human carcinogenesis. About one third of the factors identified as definite or probable human carcinogens were first inve...
Environmental Health 2011 10(Suppl 1):S9
Published on: 5 April 2011
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Most workplaces in developing countries are “informal”, i.e. they are not regularly surveyed/inspected and laws for workers’ protection are not implemented. Research on occupational risks in informal workplace...
Environmental Health 2011 10(Suppl 1):S10
Published on: 5 April 2011
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Oxidative stress enhances lipid peroxidation (LPO), which both are implicated in the promotion and progression stages of carcinogenesis, in particular under conditions of chronic inflammation and infections. E...
Environmental Health 2011 10(Suppl 1):S11
Published on: 5 April 2011
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The transformation of a normal cell into a cancer cell takes place through a sequence of a small number of discrete genetic events, somatic mutations: thus, cancer can be regarded properly as a genetic disease...
Environmental Health 2011 10(Suppl 1):S12
Published on: 5 April 2011
The Erratum to this article has been published in Environmental Health 2011 10:S16
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The prevention of the infectious diseases was accomplished long before there was any understanding of the molecular biology of bacteria and viruses. As for cancer, the sharp drop in frequency of the once-commo...
Environmental Health 2011 10(Suppl 1):S13
Published on: 5 April 2011
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The leading 20th century proponent for primary prevention of environmental cancer was Dr. Lorenzo Tomatis, the former Director of the International Agency for Research on Cancer and founder of the IARC Monographs...
Environmental Health 2011 10(Suppl 1):S14
Published on: 5 April 2011
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The last two decades have seen exciting advances in understanding the human genome, aided by the development of powerful analytical laboratory tools. These advances have enabled genome-wide association studies...
Environmental Health 2011 10(Suppl 1):S15
Published on: 5 April 2011
