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SynthesisEnvironmental health perspectives2010

Research recommendations for selected IARC-classified agents.

Elizabeth M Ward, Paul A Schulte, Kurt Straif, Nancy B Hopf, Jane C Caldwell, Tania Carreón, David M DeMarini, Bruce A Fowler, Bernard D Goldstein, Kari Hemminki and 23 more

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Synthesis in Environmental health perspectives, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
36citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Occupational Lead Exposure and Brain Tumors: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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  5. Five decades of occupational cancer epidemiology.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2024
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  11. What is next for occupational cancer epidemiology?Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2022
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  15. Chemical Characterization of Seasonal PMInternational journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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  16. Effects of Heavy Metal Exposure on Shipyard Welders: A Cautionary Note for 8-Hydroxy-2'-Deoxyguanosine.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019
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  18. Environmental health surveillance in a future European health information system.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

33 authors.

Elizabeth M WardEpidemiology and Surveillance Research, American Cancer Society, Atlanta Georgia 30303, USA. elizabeth.ward@cancer.org
Paul A Schulte
Kurt Straif
Nancy B Hopf
Jane C Caldwell
Tania Carreón
David M DeMarini
Bruce A Fowler
Bernard D Goldstein
Kari Hemminki
Cynthia J Hines
Kirsti Husgafvel Pursiainen
Eileen Kuempel
Joellen Lewtas
Ruth M Lunn
Elsebeth Lynge
Damien M McElvenny
Hartwig Muhle
Tamie Nakajima
Larry W Robertson
Nathaniel Rothman
Avima M Ruder
Mary K Schubauer-Berigan
Jack Siemiatycki
Debra Silverman
Martyn T Smith
Tom Sorahan
Kyle Steenland
Richard G Stevens
Paolo Vineis
Shelia Hoar Zahm
Lauren Zeise
Vincent J Cogliano

Funding

Training CoreP42ES004705 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI MORELLO-FROSCH, RACHEL ADELE · 1987 to 2025
$74.6M
Training CoreP42ES013661 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI HANS-JOACHIM LEHMLER · 2006 to 2026
$60.3M
NIEHS NIH HHS P42 ES004705NIEHS NIH HHS P42 ES013661
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThere are some common occupational agents and exposure circumstances for which evidence of carcinogenicity is substantial but not yet conclusive for humans. Our objectives were to identify research gaps and needs for 20 agents prioritized for review based on evidence of widespread human exposures and potential carcinogenicity in animals or humans. DATA SOURCES: For each chemical agent (or category of agents), a systematic review was conducted of new data published since the most recent pertinent International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Monograph meeting on that agent. DATA EXTRACTION: Reviewers were charged with identifying data gaps and general and specific approaches to address them, focusing on research that would be important in resolving classification uncertainties. An expert meeting brought reviewers together to discuss each agent and the identified data gaps and approaches. DATA SYNTHESIS: Several overarching issues were identified that pertained to multiple agents; these included the importance of recognizing that carcinogenic agents can act through multiple toxicity pathways and mechanisms, including epigenetic mechanisms, oxidative stress, and immuno- and hormonal modulation.

conclusionsStudies in occupational populations provide important opportunities to understand the mechanisms through which exogenous agents cause cancer and intervene to prevent human exposure and/or prevent or detect cancer among those already exposed. Scientific developments are likely to increase the challenges and complexities of carcinogen testing and evaluation in the future, and epidemiologic studies will be particularly critical to inform carcinogen classification and risk assessment processes.

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Evidence-Based MedicineAnimalsCarcinogenicity TestsHumans

Identifiers

PMID20562050
PMCPMC2957912

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