title: Cost-effectiveness of short-term tests for carcinogenicity.
abstract: Most chemicals to which we are exposed are not properly tested for carcinogenicity. The latest methods of in vitro testing provide a way of screening with sufficient accuracy to remedy this situation.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001681:Biological Assay; D002273:Carcinogens; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D006224:Cricetinae; D003657:Decision Making; D004330:Drosophila / Q000187:drug effects; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D009152:Mutagenicity Tests / Q000191:economics*; D012475:Salmonella / Q000187:drug effects; D012854:Sister Chromatid Exchange; D013223:Statistics as Topic
chemical_list: D002273:Carcinogens