POLLUTION, CANCER LINK TO BE STUDIED.Byline: Kerry Cavanaugh Staff Writer Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is a world-renowned hospital located in Los Angeles, California. History Cedars-Sinai is the result of a merger in 1961 between two major Los Angeles hospitals, Cedars of Lebanon and Mount Sinai Home for the Incurables, with Steve Broidy as will begin investigating a possible link between air pollution and brain cancer with $560,000 allocated by local air regulators, officials announced Wednesday. Previous studies have shown air pollution can trigger lung cancer lung cancer, cancer that originates in the tissues of the lungs. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States in both men and women. Like other cancers, lung cancer occurs after repeated insults to the genetic material of the cell. and that rates of brain cancer are higher in polluted, metropolitan areas. New studies show that ultra-fine particles in air pollution can cause brain cancer in laboratory animals, and researchers want to see whether the same thing happens in humans. ``I believe that the work we are initiating today will provide answers to important questions about brain cancer risk factors facing our children and future generations,'' said Keith L. Black, director of the center's Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute. He'll begin by looking at lab animals and testing which inhaled in·hale v. in·haled, in·hal·ing, in·hales v.tr. 1. To draw (air or smoke, for example) into the lungs by breathing; inspire. 2. toxins get into the blood and cross into the brain and which toxins trigger the molecular changes that are associated with cancer. That research will take about a year and will cost about $500,000. The funding comes through the Brain Tumor Brain Tumor Definition A brain tumor is an abnormal growth of tissue in the brain. Unlike other tumors, brain tumors spread by local extension and rarely metastasize (spread) outside the brain. and Air Pollution Foundation, which was started by the South Coast Air Quality Management District The South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD), formed in 1976, is the air pollution agency responsible mainly for regulating stationary sources of air pollution for most of Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside County, and all of Orange county. . Ten percent of the AQMD's air pollution penalty revenue during 2002-03 supports the foundation. Kerry Cavanaugh, (818) 713-3746 kerry.cavanaugh(at)dailynews.com |
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