Carcinogenicity of opium consumption
- Study type
- Other
- Study name
- IARC Monographs Vol 126
- Design
- The PubMed record has no abstract; the design and methodology should be checked in the full text of the paper.
- Source
- The Lancet Oncology · 2020
In plain words
This paper is a short report from the working group of the IARC Monographs programme (Volume 126) on the cancer-causing effects of opium use. Because no abstract is available, its exact conclusion is not quoted here. To learn about the findings, see the full text of the paper or talk to your doctor.
Study population
Not stated in the PubMed record.
Endpoints
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Safety and side effects
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Clinical significance and place in guidelines
The PubMed record contains no abstract or conclusion on which to base any comment on the clinical impact or the place of this evaluation in guidelines. The classification result and the list of associated cancers are given in the full text of the paper and the official IARC publication.
Limitations
This card was built only from the bibliographic information in the PubMed record, which contained neither the abstract nor the text of the paper. The members of the working group (Collaborators) are listed in the record, but the scientific content of the evaluation is not.
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