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Cancer policy framework
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January 1993
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Description:Historical Document: This Web site is provided by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) ONLY as an historical reference for the public health community. It is no longer being maintained and the data it contains may no longer be current and/or accurate.
Note: While the original publication dates on some of ATSDR's documents may not appear to be current, the information in the documents is valid and may still provide relevant information.
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) pursues a range of legislatively mandated programs that address public health concerns regarding carcinogens. The purpose of the ATSDR Cancer Policy Framework is to define scientifically credible, internally consistent policy positions to guide ATSDR's activities that address the public health implications of exposure to carcinogens. This Cancer Policy Framework is not intended to encompass the development of operational guidelines per se, although ATSDR recognizes the utility of such efforts.
A central theme of ATSDR's Cancer Policy Framework is the use of risk analysis as an organizing construct to promote optimal decisions in the Agency's human health assessment programs. Risk analysis is a multidimensional endeavor encompassing biomedical judgment, peer review, and risk assessment (NRC 1983) as well as risk communication and risk management (CEQ 1989). Accordingly, the Agency's Cancer Policy Framework places emphasis on scientific judgment, peer review, and relevant expertise/knowledge of ATSDR and other federal agencies. As a Public Health Service agency, ATSDR places a preeminent emphasis on disease prevention.
This policy framework was developed based on an assessment of current practice across programs within ATSDR and as such is multifaceted encompassing aspects of exposure as well as carcinogenicity. Collectively, the elements of the ATSDR Cancer Policy Framework are intended to guide ATSDR's pursuit of its mandate to assess the relationship between exposure to hazardous substances and the effects of those substances on human health.
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Content Notes:Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Executive Summary -- Preface -- Current Practice within ATSDR -- ATSDR Policy Statement on Exposure to Carcinogens -- ATSDR Policy Statement on Health Assessment of Carcinogens -- Analysis of Carcinogenic Risk -- References -- Appendix A: Classification of Carcinogens -- Appendix B: Response to Public Comments.
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