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SUBMITTER: Bailey KA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3593739 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bailey Kathryn A KA Wallace Kathleen K Smeester Lisa L Thai Sheau-Fung SF Wolf Douglas C DC Edwards Stephen W SW Fry Rebecca C RC
Journal of cancer research updates 20120801
Chronic exposure to drinking water contaminated with inorganic arsenic (iAs) is associated with an increased risk of urinary bladder (UB) cancers in humans. The exact role of specific iAs metabolite(s) in As-mediated carcinogenesis remains largely unknown. Experimental evidence suggests that trivalent arsenicals, namely arsenite (iAs<sup>III</sup>) and two of its metabolites, monomethylarsonous acid (MMA<sup>III</sup>) and dimethylarsinous acid (DMA<sup>III</sup>), are possible proximate UB carc ...[more]