Potential Carcinogenic Hazards from Drugs: Evaluation of Risks

✍ Scribed by R. M. Taylor M.D. (auth.), René Truhaut (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 1967
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 258
• Series: UICC Monograph Series 7
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-IX
Opening remarks....Pages 1-1
Opening remarks....Pages 2-3
Presentation de l’Ordre du Jour Avec Commentaires....Pages 4-6
Considerations Générales sur les Risques de Cancérisation Pouvant Resulter de l’Emploi de Certains Agents Chimiques en Thérapeutique....Pages 7-27
Principles of Methodology Relating to the Potential Carcinogenicity of Medical Drugs....Pages 28-32
Some Aspects of Medical Drug Testing for Carcinogenic Activity....Pages 33-47
A Program for the Investigation of the Possible Chronic Hazards of Drugs....Pages 48-52
Statistical Approach to the Evaluation and Prediction of Possible Carcinogenic Action of Drugs....Pages 53-59
Quantitative Aspects in Chemical Carcinogenesis....Pages 60-78
Carcinogenic Hazards from Arsenic and Metal Containing Drugs....Pages 79-104
On Potential Carcinogenecity of the Iron Macromolecular Complexes....Pages 105-118
Risques cancérogènes des Traceurs radioactifs utilisés pour le Diagnostic....Pages 119-128
Evaluation of Possible Carcinogenicity of Petroleum Products in Therapeutic Use....Pages 129-137
A Propos de l’Activité oncogène de quelques hydrocarbures halogénés utilisés en thérapeutique....Pages 138-143
Drugs with Lactone Groups as Potential Carcinogens....Pages 144-151
Pyrrolizidine (Senecio) Alkaloids and other Natural Drugs as Potential Carcinogens....Pages 152-161
Progesterone and Mammary Carcinogenesis....Pages 162-171
On Blastomogenic Effect of Antithyroid Drugs....Pages 172-179
On Potential Carcinogenicity of Some Hydrazine Derivatives Used as Drugs....Pages 180-187
Plastics Carcinogenesis, Some Experimental Data and Its Possible Importance for Clinic and Prophylaxis of Cancer....Pages 188-195
Plastic Carcinogenesis; Suggestions for the Use of Plastics in Surgery, Orthopedics, etc.......Pages 196-203
Biochemical Aspects of Carcinogenesis with Special Reference to Alkylating Agents and Some Antibiotics....Pages 204-208
Metabolism of Drugs in Relation to Carcinogenicity....Pages 209-223
The Point of View of the Pharmacologist....Pages 224-231
Le Risque cancérogène des Médicaments Réflexions d’un Clinicien....Pages 232-240
Tumeurs des Cellules de Leydig du Testicule du Rat, sous l’Influence de l’o,p′-DDD....Pages 241-244
Back Matter....Pages 243-251

✦ Subjects

Medicine/Public Health, general