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Definition of Cocarcinogen

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Cocarcinogen

1. A substance that works symbiotically with a carcinogen in the production of cancer. A helper in the role of a carcinogen. A substances that, though not carcinogenic in its own right, potentiates the activity of a carcinogen. They differ from tumour promotors in requiring to be present concurrently with the carcinogen. (21 Jun 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cocarcinogen

Literary usage of Cocarcinogen

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Alcohol Use Among U. S. Ethnic Minorities edited by Danielle Spiegler (1993)
"It seems clear that for many of the sites discussed, alcohol may be a promoter Ш or a cocarcinogen rather than a carcinogen. ..."

2. Health Consequences of Smoking: Nicotine Addiction a Report of the Surgeon by C. Everett Koop, M.D., DIANE Publishing Company (1988)
"... but was found to be a cocarcinogen in the benzo(a)pyrene-tetradecanoyl phorbol acetate mouse skin tumorigen- esis model (Bock 1980). ..."

3. Control of Tobacco-Related Cancers and Other Diseases: Proceedings of an by Prakash C. Gupta, James E. Hamner, P. R. Murti (1992)
"... weakly acidic fraction, which acts as a cocarcinogen (13). The major known cocarcinogenic agents in the weakly acidic fraction are the catechols (14). ..."

4. Reducing the Health Consequences of Smoking: 25 Years of Progress: A Report by DIANE Publishing Company, C. Everett Koop, M.D. (1995)
"... Organ Initiator or carcinogen Enhancing agents Lung, larynx PAH Catechol (cocarcinogen) Weakly acidic tumor promoters NNK Acrolein, crotonaldehyde (? ..."

5. Alcohol and Health: Seventh Special Report to the Us Congress by Louis Sullivan (1997)
"1979) and that alcohol itself may act as a cocarcinogen. It has also been reported that alcohol-fed rats have deficient ability to repair a specific type of ..."

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