Arsenic, dioxin, and the promotional step in cancer creation.
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.
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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
D002273:Carcinogens; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins; D001151:Arsenic