total cancer incidence is increasing steadily. Cancer incidence between men and women is narrowing the gap as time goes by.
2. Difference in Incidence rate of Cancer by Gender
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The above chart shows the incidence of cancers by sex. The notable point is that there are differences of developing cancer between man and woman. Gastric, colorectal, and lung cancer
1.1.2. Cyclooxygenase-prostanoid cascade
Figure 1.1. Metabolism of arachidonic acid
Despite the diverse chemical structure of aspirin-like drugs, the antinociceptive effect of NSAIDs is mainly due totheir common property of inhibiting cyclooxygenases involved in the formation of prostanoids. Prostanoids areformed by most cells and act as autocrine and paracrine lipid mediators. They are n
Ⅰ. Background
1. Rising Incidence rate of Cancer
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About 6.2 million people globally died of cancer and 10.1 million people are newly developing cancer. If same as above , by 2020, 10 million people each year may die of cancer and 10.1 million annual cancer incidence is expected to 50% increasing-15.7 million people. Korea's annual cancer-developed men are
only inside the living cells of organisms
Life Properties are
“Organisms at the edge of life“
Do not have their own metabolism
Do not have a cellular structure
Possess genes and evolve by natural selection
Reproduce by creating multiple copies
Assembled within cells
Oncovirus is
Virus that can cause cancer
17.8% humancancers
11.9% one of seven different viruses