IARC Handbooks of Cancer Prevention, Volume 3: Vitamin A

IARC Handbooks of Cancer Prevention, Volume 7: Breast Cancer Screening

The latest publication in the International Agency for Research on Cancer’s (IARC) series of Handbooks of Cancer Prevention is focused on breast cancer screening. The monograph is the outcome of a weeklong meeting of the Working Group on the Evaluation of Cancer-Preventive Strategies that took place in Lyon, France, March 5–12, 2002. The decision to produce a handbook on breast cancer screening...

IARC Handbooks of Cancer Prevention

IARC Handbooks of Cancer Prevention 2.2.2.2 Commercial sources

46 2.2.3.3 Use and application Canthaxanthin (ECI61g) is approved for use as a food additive in the European Community but only for the colouring of Strasbourg sausages to a level of 15 mg/kg (Klepsch & Baltas, 1994). The predominant uses of canthaxanthin are in feed for laying hens, in order to colour egg yolks, in broiler production and in salmon and trout farming. Canthaxanthin has been mark...

Shining light on the vitamin D: Cancer connection IARC report.

A critical review of Vitamin D and Cancer: A report of the IARC Working Group.

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) released a report, Vitamin D and Cancer, on November 25, 2008. The report focused on the current state of knowledge and level of evidence of a causal association between vitamin D status and cancer risk. Although presenting and evaluating evidence for the beneficial role of UVB and vitamin D in reducing the risk of cancer, it discounted or ...