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.

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WTC Research. 2019. Video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5FBx_mFaH8&feature=youtu.be: Mount Sinai Health System.

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