Exposure to Chemical Carcinogens During Pregnancy: Consequences for Mother and Conceptus

摘要: The causes of the overwhelming majority human neoplasms, including gestational choriocarcinoma, remain unknown. However, an increasing body evidence has shown that at least some cancers have resulted from exposure to non-infectious agents in environment. These include both ultraviolet and ionizing radiation, diverse cases as yet poorly characterized group organic inorganic substances industrial processes. International Agency for Research on Cancer recently concluded 7 such processes 23 chemicals groups are causally associated with certain humans (1). A few these listed Table 1; ironically, a significant number used clinically anti-neoplastic drugs. An additional 61 chemicals, or considered probably carcinogenic by Cancer. Hundreds more been cause tumors experimental animals, inference must be hazardous humans. While substances, minerals asbestos elements arsenic, chromium, their salts included this list, known cancer when applied experimentally animals caused either result consequence anti-tumor chemotherapy compounds low molecular weight, it is exclusively latter overview will concerned.