The Science and Practice of Carcinogen Identification and Evaluation | Zendy

Vincent James Cogliano | Zendy; Robert A. Baan | Zendy; Kurt Straíf | Zendy; Yann Grosse | Zendy; Béatrice Secretan | Zendy; Fatiha El Ghissassi | Zendy; Paul Kleihues | Zendy

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The Science and Practice of Carcinogen Identification and Evaluation

Author(s) -

Vincent James Cogliano,

Robert A. Baan,

Kurt Straíf,

Yann Grosse,

Béatrice Secretan,

Fatiha El Ghissassi,

Paul Kleihues

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

environmental health perspectives

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257

H-Index - 282

eISSN - 1552-9924

pISSN - 0091-6765

DOI - 10.1289/ehp.6950

Subject(s) - identification (biology) , carcinogen , international agency , environmental health , medicine , biology , botany , genetics

Several national and international health agencies have established programs with the aim of identifying agents and exposures that cause cancer in humans. Carcinogen identification is an activity grounded in the scientific evaluation of the results of human epidemiologic studies, long-term bioassays in experimental animals, and other data relevant to an evaluation of carcinogenicity and its mechanisms. In this commentary, after a brief discussion of the science basis common to the evaluation of carcinogens across different programs, we discuss in more detail the principles and procedures currently used by the IARC Monographs program.

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