Environmental Factors, Epigenetics, and Cancer
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2020) | Viewed by 7773
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
I am pleased to inform you that a Topical Collection on environmental factors, epigenetics, and cancer in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is being organized. For detailed information on the journal, please see:
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph.
While some cancers are inherited, most are thought to be due in large part to lifestyle and environmental exposures. However, it is not well understood how most of these factors affect cancer risk. It is known that epigenetic changes often occur in cancer development and that epigenetics can be responsive to environmental factors. Thus, epigenetics sits at the intersection of nature and nurture and can function as a molecular link between environmental exposures and cancer risk. The study of environmental factors, epigenetics, and cancer draws interest from researchers with diverse backgrounds, ranging from cancer epidemiologists and environmental health scientists to molecular biologists, and will have a significant impact on public health.
This Topical Collection is open to the collective subject area of environmental factors, epigenetics, and cancer. The keywords listed below provide an outline of some of the possible areas of interest.
Dr. Hannah Lui Park
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Environmental exposures
- Environmental toxicants
- Epigenetics
- Cancer prevention
- Epidemiology
- Risk factors
- DNA methylation
- Histone modifications
- ncRNA
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