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Cancer linked to goat virus
Gordon Davidson
6 Oct 2011
EXPOSURE TO goats has been associated with a five-fold increase in a rare type of lung cancer, according to French researchers.
A distinct subset of lung cancer ? pneumonic-type lung adenocarcinoma (P-ADC) ? has been found that shares features with a viral infection in the lungs of sheep and goats.
Researchers have been investigating whether the ovine viral agent could be transferred to people who work with the animals, leading to a partiality for P-ADC...
Cancer linked to goat virus
Gordon Davidson
6 Oct 2011
EXPOSURE TO goats has been associated with a five-fold increase in a rare type of lung cancer, according to French researchers.
A distinct subset of lung cancer ? pneumonic-type lung adenocarcinoma (P-ADC) ? has been found that shares features with a viral infection in the lungs of sheep and goats.
Researchers have been investigating whether the ovine viral agent could be transferred to people who work with the animals, leading to a partiality for P-ADC...