It is false. All compounds that have been found to be mutagenic in the Ames test are not always carcinogenic.
The Ames test is utilised as a screening technique up front. Not all substances that pass the Ames test are cancer-causing.
Using bacteria, the Ames test is a common technique for determining if a certain chemical can result in DNA mutations in the test organism. It is a biological assay to evaluate the mutagenesis potential of chemical substances, to put it more technically.
Any drug, radionuclide, or radiation that encourages carcinogenesis—the development of cancer—is a carcinogen. This might be as a result of the possibility of genomic damage or cellular metabolic processes being upset.
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