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Investigative Techniques > Toxicity Tests > Carcinogenicity Tests

Preferred term

Carcinogenicity Tests  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Tests to experimentally measure the tumor-producing/cancer cell-producing potency of an agent by administering the agent (e.g., benzanthracenes) and observing the quantity of tumors or the cell transformation developed over a given period of time. The carcinogenicity value is usually measured as milligrams of agent administered per tumor developed. Though this test differs from the DNA-repair and bacterial microsome MUTAGENICITY TESTS, researchers often attempt to correlate the finding of carcinogenicity values and mutagenicity values.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Carcinogenesis Tests
  • Carcinogenic Activity Tests
  • Carcinogenic Potency Tests
  • Carcinogen Tests
  • Tumorigenicity Tests

In other languages

  • French

  • Tests d'activité cancérogène
  • Tests d'activité carcinogène
  • Tests de cancérogène
  • Tests de cancérogenèse
  • Tests de carcinogène
  • Tests de carcinogenèse
  • Tests de carcinogénicité
  • Tests de potentiel cancérogène
  • Tests de potentiel carcinogène
  • Tests de tumorigénicité

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