Research Recommendations for Selected IARC-Classified Agents: Impact and Lessons Learned.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Monographs program assembles expert working groups who publish a critical review and evaluation of data on agents of interest. These comprehensive reviews provide a unique opportunity to identify research needs to address classification uncertainties. A multidisciplinary expert review and workshop held in 2009 identified research gaps and needs for 20 priority occupational chemicals, metals, dusts, and physical agents, with the goal of stimulating advances in epidemiological studies of cancer and carcinogen mechanisms. Overarching issues were also described.

Objectives

In this commentary we review the current status of the evidence for the 20 priority agents identified in 2009. We examine whether identified Re

SUBMITTER: Turner MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10615125 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature