Toxicant and Disease Database
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Skin cancer (non-melanoma)
Causes Grouped by strength of evidence
Strong Evidence | Good Evidence | Limited Evidence |
Notes
+ - Group 1 human carcinogen, # - Group 2A human carcinogen (IARC), Skin cancer caused by chemical exposure can take 20-50 years to manifest. The link to oryzalin is based on skin fibroma and fibrosarcoma in male rats and combined malignant and benign skin tumors in female rats.