Advisory Group recommendations on priorities for the IARC Monographs during 2025–2029

We are pleased to announce that the report of the results of the meeting of the Advisory Group to Recommend Priorities for the IARC Monographs during 2025–2029 is now available online.

The Advisory Group considered more than 200 nominated agents, including infectious agents, biotoxins, complex exposures, particles and fibres, metals, pharmaceuticals, physical agents, and a wide variety of chemicals. For each agent, the Advisory Group considered the evidence regarding human exposure, cancer in humans, cancer in experimental animals, and carcinogen mechanisms, according to methods described in the IARC Monographs Preamble. Priority was determined according to the strength of evidence for human exposure and whether the available carcinogenicity data could support a new or updated evaluation. Agents were recommended as either high, medium, or no priority.

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