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MeSH Heading: Carcinogens
Tree Number(s): D27.888.569.100
Unique ID: D002273
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002273
Annotation: Manual 24.5.6.2+
Scope Note: Substances that increase the risk of NEOPLASMS in humans or animals. Both genotoxic chemicals, which affect DNA directly, and nongenotoxic chemicals, which induce neoplasms by other mechanism, are included.
Entry Term(s): Carcinogen; Oncogen; Oncogens; Tumor Initiator; Tumor Initiators; Tumor Promoter; Tumor Promoters
Registry Numbers: 0
NLM Classification #: QZ 202
See Also: Anticarcinogenic Agents; Cocarcinogenesis; Mutagens; Oncogenic Viruses
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

history (HI)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

toxicity (TO)

Concept UI: M0003416
Registry Numbers: 0
Scope Note: Substances that increase the risk of NEOPLASMS in humans or animals. Both genotoxic chemicals, which affect DNA directly, and nongenotoxic chemicals, which induce neoplasms by other mechanism, are included.
Terms: Carcinogens Preferred Term
Term UI T006538
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Oncogen
Term UI T000998952
Date11/21/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Oncogens
Term UI T006539
Date01/16/1975
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Carcinogen
Term UI T000996957
Date11/18/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021)

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