Meeting:
11-12 June 2016
IARC, Lyon
There is currently wide-spread recognition that epigenetics has moved from the periphery to the center stage of cancer research. Recent studies contributed to the identification of epigenetic events deregulated by specific environmental and lifestyle stressors, and these findings continue to deepen our understanding of the mechanisms of carcinogenesis, particularly those linked to risk-factor exposures and aging. In addition, important insights into epigenetic mechanisms and associated exposure risk factors have had a functional impact onto the etiologies of specific human cancers.

Meeting to evaluate the recent scientific knowledge in the field of epigenetics and environmental origins of cancer