학술논문
Cancer and Sleep Apnea: Cutaneous Melanoma as a Case Study.
Document Type
journal article
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Source
American Journal of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine; 12/1/2019, Vol. 200 Issue 11, p1345-1353, 9p
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ISSN
1073449X
Abstract
The article offers information on the Melanoma is the most aggressive of all skin cancers and carries a very high mortality rate. It mentions a potential association between cancer and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has been advanced and has gained substantial interest in the sleep community; and also mentions that sleep fragmentation and intermittent hypoxia (IH) are the two main consequences of OSA that activate intermediate mechanisms which promote oncogenic processes.