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This volume of the IARC Monographs provides a reassessment of the carcinogenicity of alcoholic beverages and of ethyl carbamate (urethane), a frequent contaminant of fermented foods and alcoholic beverages. Although moderate alcohol consumption has some health benefits, the WHO identified the consumption of alcohol as one of the top-10 risks for worldwide burden of disease. An IARC Monographs Working Group reviewed epidemiological evidence, animal bioassays, and mechanistic and other relevant data to reach conclusions as to the carcinogenic hazard of alcohol consumption and ethyl carbamate to humans.
Cover
Contents and Note to the Reader
List of Participants
Preamble
General Remarks
Glossary
List of Abbreviations
Cumulative Cross Index to IARC Monographs
Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages
1. Exposure Data
2. Studies of Cancer in Humans
2.1 Description of cohort studies
2.2 Cancer of the oral cavity and pharynx
2.3 Cancer of the larynx
2.4 Cancer of the oesophagus
2.5 Cancer of the liver
2.6 Breast cancer
2.7 Cancer of the stomach
2.8 Cancers of the colon and/or rectum
2.9 Cancer of the pancreas
2.10 Cancer of the lung
2.11 Cancer of the urinary bladder
2.12 Cancer of the endometrium
2.13 Cancer of the ovary
2.14 Cancer of the uterine cervix
2.15 Cancer of the prostate
2.16 Cancer of the kidney
2.17 Cancer of the lymphatic and haematopoietic system
2.18 Cancer at other sites
3. Studies of Cancer in Experimental Animals
4. Mechanistic and Other Relevant Data
5. Summary of Data Reported
6. Evaluation and Rationale
1. Exposure Data
2. Studies of Cancer in Humans
3. Studies of Cancer in Experimental Animals
4. Mechanistic and Other Relevant Data
5. Summary of Data Reported
6. Evaluation and Rationale