"Carcinogens" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Substances that increase the risk of NEOPLASMS in humans or animals. Both genotoxic chemicals, which affect DNA directly, and nongenotoxic chemicals, which induce neoplasms by other mechanism, are included.
| Descriptor ID |
D002273
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D27.888.569.100
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Carcinogens" by people in Profiles.
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Carcinogenicity of talc and acrylonitrile. Lancet Oncol. 2024 Aug; 25(8):962-963.
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Carcinogenic nitrosamines in traditional beer as the cause of oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma in black South Africans. S Afr Med J. 2015 Sep 21; 105(8):656-8.
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South African experience with asbestos related environmental mesothelioma: is asbestos fiber type important? Regul Toxicol Pharmacol. 2008 Oct; 52(1 Suppl):S92-6.
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Cytotoxicity of aflatoxin B1 and its chemically synthesised epoxide derivative on the A549 human epithelioid lung cell line. Mycopathologia. 2001; 151(3):155-9.