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Key Characteristics of Carcinogens as a Basis for Organizing Data on Mechanisms of Carcinogenesis

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Smith, Martyn T., Guyton, Kathryn Z., Gibbons, Catherine F., Fritz, Jason M., Portier, Christopher J., Rusyn, Ivan, DeMarini, David M., Caldwell, Jane C., Kavlock, Robert J., Lambert, Paul F., Hecht, Stephen S., Bucher, John R., Stewart, Bernard W., Baan, Robert A., Cogliano, Vincent J., Straif, Kurt·2016·Environmental Health Perspectives
DOI 10.1289/ehp.1509912
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BACKGROUND: A recent review by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) updated the assessments of the > 100 agents classified as Group 1, carcinogenic to humans (IARC Monographs Volume 100, parts A-F). This exercise was complicated by the absence of a broadly accepted, systematic method for evaluating mechanistic data to support conclusions regarding human hazard from exposure to carcinogens. OBJECTIVES AND METHODS: IARC therefore convened two workshops in which an international Working Group of experts identified 10 key characteristics, one or more of which are commonly exhibited by established human carcinogens. DISCUSSION: These characteristics provide the basis for an objective approach to identifying and organizing results from pertinent mechanistic studies. The 10 characteristics are the abilities of an agent to 1) act as an electrophile either directly or after metabolic activation; 2) be genotoxic; 3) alter DNA repair or cause genomic instability; 4) induce epigenetic alterations; 5) induce oxidative stress; 6) induce chronic inflammation; 7) be immunosuppressive; 8) modulate receptor-mediated effects; 9) cause immortalization; and 10) alter cell proliferation, cell death, or nutrient supply. CONCLUSION: We describe the use of the 10 key characteristics to conduct a systematic literature search focused on relevant end points and construct a graphical representation of the identified mechanistic information. Next, we use benzene and polychlorinated biphenyls as examples to illustrate how this approach may work in practice. The approach described is similar in many respects to those currently being implemented by the U.S. EPA's Integrated Risk Information System Program and the U.S. National Toxicology Program. CITATION: Smith MT, Guyton KZ, Gibbons CF, Fritz JM, Portier CJ, Rusyn I, DeMarini DM, Caldwell JC, Kavlock RJ, Lambert P, Hecht SS, Bucher JR, Stewart BW, Baan R, Cogliano VJ, Straif K. 2016. Key characteristics of carcinogens as a basis for organizing data on mechanisms of carcinogenesis. Environ Health Perspect 124:713-721; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1509912.

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Authors
Smith, M. T., Guyton, K. Z., Gibbons, C. F., Fritz, J. M., Portier, C. J., Rusyn, I., DeMarini, D. M., Caldwell, J. C., Kavlock, R. J., Lambert, P. F., Hecht, S. S., Bucher, J. R., Stewart, B. W., Baan, R. A., Cogliano, V. J., & Straif, K.
Venue
Environmental Health Perspectives
Publisher
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Published
2016-06
Volume
124
Issue
6
Pages
713-721
ISSN
  • 0091-6765 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-9924
DOI
10.1289/ehp.1509912
OpenAlex
W2173513074
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650
References
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FWCI
10.89
Type
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Language
en
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creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (vor, 766 d)

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