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  1. Apr 8, 2024 · Carcinogenic means having the potential to cause cancer. Unfortunately, the term carcinogenic is widely misused. Sometimes intentionally, sometimes not. Carcinogenic means that the exposure has the potential to cause cancer, not that it does under all circumstances.

  2. Apr 22, 2024 · Unfortunately, the term carcinogenic is widely misused. Sometimes intentionally, sometimes not. Carcinogenic means that the exposure has the potential to cause cancer, not that it does under all ...

  3. Apr 12, 2024 · For each nominated agent, the Advisory Group considered the evidence regarding human exposure, cancer in humans, cancer in experimental animals, and carcinogen mechanisms, according to precepts described in the IARC Monographs Preamble, assigning priority according to evidence for human exposure and whether the available carcinogenicity data ...

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  5. Apr 25, 2024 · Occupational cancer is the term given to cancers that are caused wholly or partly by exposure to a carcinogen or situation at work. Generally speaking, this exposure would occur over a long period of time (e.g., more than 10 years).

  6. Apr 12, 2024 · In March, 2024, an Advisory Group of 28 independent scientists from 22 countries met in Lyon, France to recommend priorities for carcinogenicity evaluations by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Monographs programme during 2025–29. IARC periodically convenes such advisory groups to ensure that the agents evaluated in the Monographs are selected on the basis of the latest ...

  7. Apr 22, 2024 · The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the cancer agency of the World Health Organization (WHO), has established their priorities for the evaluation of carcinogens. An Advisory Group of 28 independent scientists from 22 countries, including Susan Peters from the Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, met in Lyon to recommend ...

  8. www.iarc.who.int › cancer-type › cervical-cancerCervical cancer – IARC

    Introduction. In 2022, an estimated 660 000 women were diagnosed with cervical cancer worldwide and about 350 000 women died from the disease. The main cause of cervical cancer is persistent infection with high-risk types of human papillomavirus (HPV), an extremely common family of viruses that are transmitted through sexual contact. Vaccines ...

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