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The IARC Monographs identify environmental factors that are carcinogenic hazards to humans. These include chemicals, complex mixtures, occupational exposures, physical agents, biological agents, and lifestyle factors.
Feb 24, 2015 · In the IARC process, agents are assessed for carcinogenic hazard and assigned to one of five categories, ranging from carcinogenic to humans to probably not carcinogenic to humans (Appendix 1). The classification categories are described in the preamble to the Monographs . Carcinogenic hazard identification refers to an assessment of whether an ...
- Neil Pearce, Aaron Blair, Paolo Vineis, Wolfgang Ahrens, Aage Andersen, Josep M. Anto, Bruce K. Arms...
- 2015
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Jun 16, 2023 · IARC Monographs hazard classification. This infographic presents the categories used by the IARC Monographs on the Identification of Carcinogenic Hazards to Humans to classify a substance according to the level of certainty that the substance can cause cancer.
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- Motivation and Process For Preamble Revision
- Key Changes in The Revised Preamble
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For nearly 50 years, the Monographs program of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has been a premier global resource for identifying agents that can cause cancer. The identification of carcinogenic hazards is a necessary initial step in cancer prevention. National and international authorities and organizations use information o...
Since 2006, substantial growth has occurred in the scientific understanding of factors contributing to carcinogenicity as well as in the development of methods for information gathering, evidence assessment, and integration. In 2018, the IARC convened an “Advisory Group to Recommend an Update to the Preamble,” with broad expertise across multiple d...
General Procedures
The advisory group encouraged the IARC to clarify the purpose and scope of the Monographs evaluations. In this regard, the name of the Monographs series has been changed to the IARC Monographs on the Identification of Carcinogenic Hazards to Humans. This change, although semantic in nature, reflects the important distinction between hazard and risk: Hazard refers to the strength of the evidence that an agent is a carcinogen, whereas risk refers to the probability that a given exposure to a ca...
Scientific Review and Evaluation
The revised Preamble defines how the principles of systematic review (eg, formal consideration of quality of the studies, such as design and methodology, and the reporting of results that are tailored to each stream of evidence and the types of studies available) apply to IARC assessments and how evaluations are reached to clearly articulate the rationales for expert judgments. At the same time, it is designed to be flexible enough to enable incorporation of further scientific advances as the...
This work was supported by the German Ministry of Health and the International Agency for Research on Cancer.
The findings and conclusions in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the International Agency for Research on Cancer, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the US Food and Drug Administration, the US Environmental Protection Agency, or the US National Institute of Environmental...
- Jonathan M Samet, Weihsueh A Chiu, Vincent Cogliano, Jennifer Jinot, David Kriebel, Ruth M Lunn, Fre...
- 2020
Volume 100 of the IARC Monographs, A Review of Human Carcinogens, covers all agents previously classified by IARC as "carcinogenic to humans (Group 1)" and was developed by six separate Working Groups: Pharmaceuticals; Biological agents; Arsenic, Metals, Fibres, and Dusts; Radiation; Personal Habits and Indoor Combustions; Chemical Agents and ...
What is a carcinogen? Substances and exposures that can lead to cancer are called carcinogens. In general, the American Cancer Society does not determine if something causes cancer (that is, if it is a carcinogen ), but we do look to other respected organizations for help with this.
May 31, 2011 · 31 May 2011. 31 May 2011. Brain and central nervous system cancer Radiation. IARC classifies Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields as possibly carcinogenic to humans. Go to PDF. Close Reading Mode. Publication status. Published in section: Press Releases. Publication date: 31 May, 2011, 0:00.
