WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER IARC Working Group Reports Volume 7 PRIMARY END-POINTS FOR PROPHYLACTIC HPV VACCINE TRIALS

Report on Mercury Toxicity from Dental Amalgams and Thimerosal Presented to Congressional Hearing

In developing an opinion on mercury toxicity from exposures to dental amalgam and thimerosal I have reviewed toxicologic data relevant to animal and human studies to environmental mercury, methylmercury, thimerosal and exposure to mercury from amalgam fillings. I have reviewed literature searches conducted on various computerized databases; evaluated published literature on primary studies as r...

HPV vaccine could also prevent oropharyngeal cancer, says IARC.

Lyon, France, 18 July 2013 A new study by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), in partnership with Costa Rican investigators and the United States National Cancer Institute (NCI), shows for the first time that the vaccine against human papillomavirus (HPV) types 16 and 18, which is used to prevent cervical cancer, also provides strong protection against oral HPV infections, k...

Role of Chronic Inflammation and Resulting DNA Damage in Cervical Carcinogenesis Induced by Human Papillomavirus

Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women in the worldwide. Especially, in many regions of developing countries, cervical cancer is the most common among women. Infection with human papillomavirus (HPV) is a necessary event preceding the development of premalignant lesions in the cervical epithelium, which can partially progress to cancer. HPV DNA can be identified in almost ...

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans Volume 85 Betel-quid and Areca-nut Chewing and Some Areca-nut-derived Nitrosamines

Evaluation of the IARC Monograph on Glyphosate

Regulatory authorities and scientific programs within the World Health Organization (WHO) have consistently concluded that glyphosate is not carcinogenic. The International Agency for Research on Cancer’s (IARC) classification of glyphosate as a Group 2A, “probable human carcinogen”, is inconsistent with the conclusions reached by other WHO expert committees and with decades of reviews by regul...