World Trade Center responders with prostate cancer showed signs that inflammation was activated in the prostate after exposure to dust from the World Trade Center site, possibly causing chronic inflammation that contributed to their cancer, according to a study by Mount Sinai researchers in Molecular Cancer Research in June.
“I don’t think any good cancer center director would be worth their weight in salt if they weren’t worried about something at night,” said Mark Evers, director of University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center.
