title: Arsenic, dioxin, and the promotional step in cancer creation.
abstract: With an uncanny symmetry, both arsenic and dioxin act at the promotional step of cancer creation in a select but broad array of tissues: arsenic to promote initiated cancer cells and dioxin to promote blocking them. The symmetry is explored.
authors.affiliation: 1600 South Joyce Street, Suite 1411, Arlington, Virginia 22202, USA.
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Kayajanian
mesh_terms: D001151:Arsenic / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002273:Carcinogens / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000139:chemically induced*; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000453:epidemiology; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017678:Sex Distribution; D015996:Survival Rate
chemical_list: D002273:Carcinogens; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins; D001151:Arsenic