| Author | dc.contributor.author | Behrens Pellegrino, María Isabel | |
| Author | dc.contributor.author | Roe, Catherine M. | es_CL |
| Author | dc.contributor.author | Morris, John C. | es_CL |
| Admission date | dc.date.accessioned | 2010-04-26T15:26:59Z | |
| Available date | dc.date.available | 2010-04-26T15:26:59Z | |
| Publication date | dc.date.issued | 2008 | |
| Cita de ítem | dc.identifier.citation | In: Neurodegenerative Diseases: From Molecular Concepts… Editors: R. von Bernhardt et al, pp. 111-120 | en_US |
| Identifier | dc.identifier.isbn | 978-1-60456-167-8 | |
| Identifier | dc.identifier.uri | https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/123278 | |
| Abstract | dc.description.abstract | With increasing life expectancy there is also a concomitant increase in the prevalence of agerelated
disorders, including neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease,
Parkinson’s disease, and various cancers. Here we report findings suggesting that there is an
inverse relationship between development of dementia of the Alzheimer type and a history of
cancer. The inverse relationship was found when all cancer types were analyzed and also
when skin cancers (both benign and melanomas) were analyzed separately. We discuss
possible explanations for this inverse relationship, among them, the possibility that a common
biological mechanism might be regulated in opposite directions in neurodegenerative diseases
and cancer. | en_US |
| Lenguage | dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| Publisher | dc.publisher | Nova Science Publishers, Inc. | en_US |
| Título | dc.title | Inverse Association between Cancer and Dementia of the Alzheimer’s Type | en_US |
| Document type | dc.type | Artículo de revista | |
