Article
Analysis of in vivo mutation data can inform cancer risk assessment.
Regulatory toxicology and pharmacology : RTP - 1 Jul 2008
Moore Martha M, Heflich Robert H, Haber Lynne T, Allen Bruce C, Shipp Annette M, Kodell Ralph L
Abstract excerpt
Under the new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Cancer Risk Assessment Guidelines [U.S. EPA, 2005. Guidelines for Carcinogen Risk Assessment. EPA/630/P-03/001B, March 2005], the quantitative model chosen for cancer risk assessment is based on the mode-of-action (MOA) of the chemical under consideration. In particular, the risk assessment model depends on whether or not the chemical causes tumors through...
Topics
- Animals
- Carcinogens
- DNA
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Guidelines as Topic
- Humans
- Mutagens
- Mutation
- Neoplasms
- Risk Assessment
- United States
- United States Environmental Protection Agency
