<p>Metallic carcinogenicity is generally thought to generate of free radicals, and thus some
metals were reported to play a role in lung tumorigenesis. In order to verify the role of heavy …

BACKGROUND Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in Taiwan, and the
paucity of dependable risk markers has impeded the early management of lung cancer. An …

Background: About 50% of lung cancer deaths in Taiwan are not related to cigarette smoking.
Environmental exposure may play a role in lung cancer risk. Taiwanese households …

Source identification of toxic metals is very critical for pollution prevention and human health
protection. Many studies only use either road dust metal data or soil metal data to evaluate …

Arsenic, chromium, and nickel are reported in several epidemiologic studies to be associated
with lung cancer. However, the health effects of arsenic, chromium, and nickel exposures …

Oral cancer is the fourth common male cancer and causally associated with environmental
carcinogens in Taiwan. The reversion-inducing-cysteine-rich protein with Kazal motifs (RECK…

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to explore the predictor index of mortality in
patients with pyogenic liver abscess (PLA). METHODS: We performed a retrospective review …

Objective. Interleukin 23 (IL-23) stimulates the differentiation of T helper 17 (Th17) cells, which
are involved in the pathogenesis of ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Binding of IL-23 to the IL-…

BACKGROUND: A number of studies of elderly depression have examined the association
between depression and its related factors; however, they did not observe how the …

Pesticide exposure is associated with various neoplastic diseases and congenital malformations.
Animal studies also indicated that pesticides may be metabolized by cytochrome P450 …