Cytostatic drugs and their carcinogenicity – occupational risk problem for healthcare workers

Tomasz Dąbrowski; Ewa Anna Dąbrowska

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Contemporary Oncology/Współczesna Onkologia

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Cytostatic drugs and their carcinogenicity – occupational risk problem for healthcare workers

Tomasz Dąbrowski

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Ewa Anna Dąbrowska

Współczesna Onkologia (2007) vol. 11; 2 (101–105)

Online publish date: 2007/03/30

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Many of cytostatic drugs have mutagenic, teratogenic and carcinogenic properties, with no threshold dose for those effects. These properties make up a potential risk for healthcare workers who are occupationally exposed to those drugs during their preparation and management and taking care of patients undergoing the chemotherapy. Very limited literature data are available dealing with cancer risk in healthcare staff. In this article a critical overview of this literature is presented regarding carcinogenic potential of different cytostatic drugs and cancer risk level in various groups of the exposed staff.

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Cytostatic drugs and their carcinogenicity – occupational risk problem for healthcare workers

Tomasz Dąbrowski , Ewa Anna Dąbrowska

cytostatic drugs, carcinogenicity, occupational exposure, cancer risk

Tomasz Dąbrowski

,

Ewa Anna Dąbrowska