IARC finds more cancers linked to tobacco and alcohol
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has updated its assessments of several cancer-causing substances and behaviours, which are published in the latest issue of the Lancet Oncology.
A group of 30 leading scientists met at IARC in October 2009 to discuss a number of substances that can cause cancer, including tobacco and alcohol, as well as areca nut and household coal smoke.
This assessment is published as part of the IARC monographs, a series which compiles the available information on all the cancer-causing substances that have been identified so far.
Read the whole article at Cancer Research UK
Reference
- Secretan, B., Straif, K., Baan, R., Grosse, Y., El Ghissassi, F., Bouvard, V., Benbrahim-Tallaa, L., Guha, N., Freeman, C., & Galichet, L. (2009). A review of human carcinogens—Part E: tobacco, areca nut, alcohol, coal smoke, and salted fish The Lancet Oncology, 10 (11), 1033-1034 DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(09)70326-2
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