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4 days ago · Ambient air pollution is an established risk factor for multiple diseases and has been recognised as a Group 1 human carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) since 2013 ...
3 days ago · In 2013, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classified dioxin-like PCBs as human carcinogens. According to the U.S. EPA, PCBs have been shown to cause cancer in animals and evidence supports a cancer-causing effect in humans.
14 hours ago · The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classified acrylamide as probably carcinogenic to humans (group 2A) (IARC 1994). Due to the genotoxic and carcinogenic properties of acrylamide and its metabolite glycidamide (EFSA 2022 ), the margin of exposure (MoE) concept was applied for the risk assessment of dietary exposure (EFSA 2005 ).
4 days ago · The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), in collaboration with the International Association of Cancer Registries (IACR), is pleased to announce the launch of the latest volume (Volume XII) of Cancer Incidence in Five Continents (CI5) online. The CI5 series is an exposition of comparable cancer incidence data from all parts of ...
4 days ago · The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) today released the latest estimates on the global burden of cancer. The GLOBOCAN 2020 database, accessible online as part of the IARC Global Cancer Observatory, provides estimates for 2020 of incidence and mortality in 185 countries for 36 types of cancer and for all cancer sites combined.
2 days ago · Human papillomavirus infection ( HPV infection) is caused by a DNA virus from the Papillomaviridae family. [5] Many HPV infections cause no symptoms and 90% resolve spontaneously within two years. [1] In some cases, an HPV infection persists and results in either warts or precancerous lesions. [2] These lesions, depending on the site affected ...
2 days ago · A new study – a collaboration between the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and Guangdong Medical University (China) – quantifies for the first time the global burden of lung cancer incidence for the four main histological subtypes, documenting the substantial variations across world regions and their constituent countries.
