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Genetic alterations and cancer formation in a European flatfish at sites of different contaminant burdens.
Environmental science & technology - 2 Sept 2014
Lerebours Adélaïde, Stentiford Grant D, Lyons Brett P, Bignell John P, Derocles Stéphane A P, Rotchell Jeanette M
Abstract excerpt
Fish diseases are an indicator for marine ecosystem health since they provide a biological end-point of historical exposure to stressors. Liver cancer has been used to monitor the effects of exposure to anthropogenic pollution in flatfish for many years. The prevalence of liver cancer can exceed 20%. Despite the high prevalence and the opportunity of using flatfish to study environmentally induced cancer, the...
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