Conference on carcinogenic risk factors in the occupational environment (Krebserzeugende Gefahrstoffe in der Arbeitsumwelt)

Autor: Martin R. Berger
Rok vydání: 1994
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Zdroj: Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology. 120:498-501
ISSN: 1432-1335
0171-5216
DOI: 10.1007/bf01191805
Popis: In his summary, J. Konietzko (Mainz) stressed the exceptional position of occupational cancer, which is due to the long latent period between exposure to specific carcinogens and cancer manifestation. Obviously, this long latent period of years to decades poses problems in the search for the etiology of occupational cancer. Three methodological areas are instrumental in overcoming these problems. They include epidemiological investigations, in vitro experiments and animal experiments, which have to complement each other. A highly important area within the aetiological research is the field of syncarcinogenesis. Up to now, some research on combined effects has been done, but this field urgently needs further efforts and promotion since the threat of more than additive carcinogenic effects can be ruled out or prevented only after the necessary knowledge has been gathered from properly conducted basic research.
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