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Turner MC, Cogliano V, Guyton K, Madia F, Straif K, Ward EM, Schubauer-Berigan MK. Research Recommendations for Selected IARC-Classified Agents: Impact and Lessons Learned. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES 2023; 131:105001. [PMID: 37902675 PMCID: PMC10615125 DOI: 10.1289/ehp12547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2022] [Revised: 09/27/2023] [Accepted: 10/03/2023] [Indexed: 10/31/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Monographs program assembles expert working groups who publish a critical review and evaluation of data on agents of interest. These comprehensive reviews provide a unique opportunity to identify research needs to address classification uncertainties. A multidisciplinary expert review and workshop held in 2009 identified research gaps and needs for 20 priority occupational chemicals, metals, dusts, and physical agents, with the goal of stimulating advances in epidemiological studies of cancer and carcinogen mechanisms. Overarching issues were also described. OBJECTIVES In this commentary we review the current status of the evidence for the 20 priority agents identified in 2009. We examine whether identified Research Recommendations for each agent were addressed and their potential impact on resolving classification uncertainties. METHODS We reviewed the IARC classifications of each of the 20 priority agents and identified major new epidemiological and human mechanistic studies published since the last evaluation. Information sources were either the published Monograph for agents that have been reevaluated or, for agents not yet reevaluated, Advisory Group reports and literature searches. Findings are described in view of recent methodological developments in Monographs evidence evaluation processes. DISCUSSION The majority of the 20 priority agents were reevaluated by IARC since 2009. The overall carcinogen classifications of 9 agents advanced, and new cancer sites with either "sufficient" or "limited" evidence of carcinogenicity were also identified for 9 agents. Examination of published findings revealed whether evidence gaps and Research Recommendations have been addressed and highlighted remaining uncertainties. During the past decade, new research addressed a range of the 2009 recommendations and supported updated classifications for priority agents. This supports future efforts to systematically apply findings of Monograph reviews to identify research gaps and priorities relevant to evaluation criteria established in the updated IARC Monograph Preamble. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP12547.
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Affiliation(s)
- Michelle C. Turner
- Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Madrid, Spain
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- California Environmental Protection Agency Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, Oakland, California, USA
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- National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain
- Boston College, Massachusetts, USA
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Peters S, Vienneau D, Sampri A, Turner MC, Castaño-Vinyals G, Bugge M, Vermeulen R. Occupational Exposure Assessment Tools in Europe: A Comprehensive Inventory Overview. Ann Work Expo Health 2021; 66:671-686. [PMID: 34935027 PMCID: PMC9168668 DOI: 10.1093/annweh/wxab110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2021] [Revised: 11/04/2021] [Accepted: 11/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES The Network on the Coordination and Harmonisation of European Occupational Cohorts (OMEGA-NET) was set up to enable optimization of the use of industrial and general population cohorts across Europe to advance aetiological research. High-quality harmonized exposure assessment is crucial to derive comparable results and to enable pooled analyses. To facilitate a harmonized research strategy, a concerted effort is needed to catalogue available occupational exposure information. We here aim to provide a first comprehensive overview of exposure assessment tools that could be used for occupational epidemiological studies. METHODS An online inventory was set up to collect meta-data on exposure assessment tools. Occupational health researchers were invited via newsletters, editorials, and individual e-mails to provide details of job-exposure matrices (JEMs), exposure databases, and occupational coding systems and their associated crosswalks to translate codes between different systems, with a focus on Europe. RESULTS Meta-data on 36 general population JEMs, 11 exposure databases, and 29 occupational coding systems from more than 10 countries have been collected up to August 2021. A wide variety of exposures were covered in the JEMs on which data were entered, with dusts and fibres (in 14 JEMs) being the most common types. Fewer JEMs covered organization of work (5) and biological factors (4). Dusts and fibres were also the most common exposures included in the databases (7 out of 11), followed by solvents and pesticides (both in 6 databases). CONCLUSIONS This inventory forms the basis for a searchable web-based database of meta-data on existing occupational exposure information, to support researchers in finding the available tools for assessing occupational exposures in their cohorts, and future efforts for harmonization of exposure assessment. This inventory remains open for further additions, to enlarge its coverage and include newly developed tools.
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- Susan Peters
- Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Yalelaan, CM Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Socinstrasse, Basel, Switzerland.,University of Basel, Peterspl, Basel, Switzerland
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- Division of Informatics, Imaging and Data Sciences, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Vaughan House, The University of Manchester, Portsmouth St, Manchester, UK
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Doctor Aiguader, Barcelona, Spain.,Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Plaça de la Mercè, Barcelona, Spain.,CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Av. Monforte de Lemos, Pabellón, Planta 0, Madrid, Spain
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Doctor Aiguader, Barcelona, Spain.,Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Plaça de la Mercè, Barcelona, Spain.,CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Av. Monforte de Lemos, Pabellón, Planta 0, Madrid, Spain.,IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Carrer del Dr. Aiguader, Barcelona, Spain
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- National Institute of Occupational Health (STAMI), Gydas vei, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Yalelaan, CM Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Shahrokhi S, Zavar Reza J, Andishmand S, Momtaz SM, Zare Sakhvidi MJ. Genotoxic evaluation and plasma oxidative stress markers in copper smelters. TOXIN REV 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/15569543.2019.1570940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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- Samira Shahrokhi
- Occupational Health Research Center, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
- Department of Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
- Biotechnology Research Center, International Campus, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Science, Yazd, Iran
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
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- Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
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- Occupational Health Research Center, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
- Department of Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
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Turner MC, Mehlum IS. Greater coordination and harmonisation of European occupational cohorts is needed. Occup Environ Med 2018; 75:475-476. [PMID: 29735748 PMCID: PMC6035485 DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2017-104955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2018] [Revised: 03/17/2018] [Accepted: 04/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Michelle C Turner
- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain.,Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain.,CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain.,McLaughlin Centre for Population Health Risk Assessment, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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