Response: Re: False-Positive Results in Cancer Epidemiology: A Plea for Epistemological Modesty

We thank Drs Cogliano and Straif for their interest in our Commentary calling for increased epistemic humility in the interpretation of new epidemiological findings on possible occupational and environmental causes of cancer. We made reference in our Commentary to two International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) monographs ( 1 , 2 ), not as criticisms of the monographs themselves but rather as examples of attempts to reach a consensus