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Torres-Cadavid E, Pérez-Ríos M, Candal-Pedreira C, Guerra-Tort C, Rey-Brandariz J, Provencio-Pulla M, Kelsey K, Ruano-Ravina A. Lung cancer risk associated with occupations in women: a pooling study. Occup Med (Lond) 2024; 74:348-354. [PMID: 39024516 DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqae050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/20/2024] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Occupation is an important risk factor for lung cancer. This knowledge is mainly based on studies conducted on men, with the results being generalized to women. AIMS We aimed to identify the relationship between different occupations and lung cancer in women. METHODS Pooling study in which data were pooled from six case-control studies conducted at 13 Spanish hospitals and 1 hospital in Portugal. Each woman's longest held job was coded as per the ISCO-08. Results were adjusted for age, smoking, and exposure to residential radon. RESULTS The study population comprised 1262 women: 618 cases and 644 controls. The reference group were white-collar workers. The adjusted multivariate analysis showed a higher risk of developing lung cancer among teaching professionals (odds ratio [OR]: 4.36; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.73-11.02), cooks (OR: 3.59; 95% CI 1.52-8.48), domestic cleaners and helpers (OR: 2.98; 95% CI 1.54-5.78), homemakers (OR: 2.30; 95% CI 1.26-4.21) and crop farmers, livestock farmers and gardeners (OR: 2.06, 95% CI: 1.11-3.81). For adenocarcinoma, the highest risk was observed in teaching professionals, and for small-cell carcinoma, the highest risk was observed in cooks. Higher risks were observed for small-cell carcinoma compared to other histological types. CONCLUSIONS Some occupations may be associated with an increased risk of lung cancer in women and this risk could vary by histologic subtype; however, further research is needed to confirm these associations. In any case, protection measures must be implemented in the workplace aimed at reducing the risk of lung cancer among women workers, and more studies exclusively focused on women are warranted.
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- E Torres-Cadavid
- Preventive Medicine Department, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela 15782, Spain
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- Preventive Medicine Department, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela 15782, Spain
- Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública/CIBERESP), Madrid 28029, Spain
- Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago de Compostela/IDIS), Santiago de Compostela 15706, Spain
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- Preventive Medicine Department, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela 15782, Spain
- Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública/CIBERESP), Madrid 28029, Spain
- Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago de Compostela/IDIS), Santiago de Compostela 15706, Spain
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- Preventive Medicine Department, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela 15782, Spain
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- Preventive Medicine Department, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela 15782, Spain
- Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública/CIBERESP), Madrid 28029, Spain
- Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago de Compostela/IDIS), Santiago de Compostela 15706, Spain
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- Departament of Oncology, Puerta del Hierro University Hospital, Majadahonda, Madrid 28222, Spain
- Health Research Institute Puerta de Hierro, Madrid 28222, Spain
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- Department of Epidemiology, Brown School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence 02096, RI, USA
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- Preventive Medicine Department, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela 15782, Spain
- Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública/CIBERESP), Madrid 28029, Spain
- Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago de Compostela/IDIS), Santiago de Compostela 15706, Spain
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Xu M, Ho V, Lavoué J, Olsson A, Schüz J, Richardson L, Parent ME, McLaughlin JR, Demers PA, Guénel P, Radoi L, Wichmann HE, Ahrens W, Jöckel KH, Consonni D, Landi MT, Richiardi L, Simonato L, 't' Mannetje A, Świątkowska B, Field JK, Pearce N, Siemiatycki J. Prevalent occupational exposures and risk of lung cancer among women: Results from the application of the Canadian Job-Exposure Matrix (CANJEM) to a combined set of ten case-control studies. Am J Ind Med 2024; 67:200-213. [PMID: 38192156 DOI: 10.1002/ajim.23562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2023] [Revised: 11/19/2023] [Accepted: 12/22/2023] [Indexed: 01/10/2024]
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BACKGROUND Worldwide, lung cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women. The present study explored associations between occupational exposures that are prevalent among women, and lung cancer. METHODS Data from 10 case-control studies of lung cancer from Europe, Canada, and New Zealand conducted between 1988 and 2008 were combined. Lifetime occupational history and information on nonoccupational factors including smoking were available for 3040 incident lung cancer cases and 4187 controls. We linked each reported job to the Canadian Job-Exposure Matrix (CANJEM), which provided estimates of probability, intensity, and frequency of exposure to each selected agent in each job. For this analysis, we selected 15 agents (cleaning agents, biocides, cotton dust, synthetic fibers, formaldehyde, cooking fumes, organic solvents, cellulose, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from petroleum, ammonia, metallic dust, alkanes C18+, iron compounds, isopropanol, and calcium carbonate) that had lifetime exposure prevalence of at least 5% in the combined study population. For each agent, we estimated lung cancer risk in each study center for ever-exposure, by duration of exposure, and by cumulative exposure, using separate logistic regression models adjusted for smoking and other covariates. We then estimated the meta-odds ratios using random-effects meta-analysis. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS None of the agents assessed showed consistent and compelling associations with lung cancer among women. The following agents showed elevated odds ratio in some analyses: metallic dust, iron compounds, isopropanol, and organic solvents. Future research into occupational lung cancer risk factors among women should prioritize these agents.
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- Mengting Xu
- University of Montreal Hospital Research Center (CRCHUM), Montreal, Canada
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- University of Montreal Hospital Research Center (CRCHUM), Montreal, Canada
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- University of Montreal Hospital Research Center (CRCHUM), Montreal, Canada
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC/WHO), Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC/WHO), Lyon, France
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- University of Montreal Hospital Research Center (CRCHUM), Montreal, Canada
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- Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit, Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnologie, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laval, Quebec, Canada
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- Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Occupational Cancer Research Centre, Ontario Health, Toronto, Canada
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- Center for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health (CESP), Team Exposome and Heredity, U1018 Inserm, Institut Gustave Roussy, University Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France
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- Center for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health (CESP), Team Exposome and Heredity, U1018 Inserm, Institut Gustave Roussy, University Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France
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- Institute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München-German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology-BIPS, Bremen, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Epidemiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Cancer Epidemiology Unit, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Research Centre for Hauora and Health, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Roy Castle Lung Cancer Research Programme, Department of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine, The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Non-communicable Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- University of Montreal Hospital Research Center (CRCHUM), Montreal, Canada
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García TC, Ruano-Ravina A, Candal-Pedreira C, López-López R, Torres-Durán M, Enjo-Barreiro JR, Provencio M, Parente-Lamelas I, Vidal-García I, Martínez C, Hernández-Hernández J, Abdulkader-Nallib I, Castro-Añón O, Piñeiro-Lamas M, Varela-Lema L, Fernández-Villar A, Barros-Dios J, Pérez-Ríos M. Occupation as a risk factor of small cell lung cancer. Sci Rep 2023; 13:4727. [PMID: 36959236 PMCID: PMC10036470 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-31991-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2022] [Accepted: 03/21/2023] [Indexed: 03/25/2023] Open
Abstract
Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) comprises approximately 10% of all lung cancer cases. Tobacco is its main risk factor; however, occupation might play a role in this specific lung cancer subtype. The effect of occupation on SCLC risk has been hardly studied and therefore we aim to assess the role of occupation on the risk of SCLC. To do this, we designed a multicentric, hospital-based, case-control study. Cases consisted exclusively in SCLC patients and controls were recruited from patients having minor surgery at the participating hospitals. Face to face interviews emphasizing occupation and tobacco consumption were held and residential radon was also measured. Logistic regression models were adjusted with odds ratios with 95%CI as estimations of the effect. 423 cases and 905 controls were included. Smoking prevalence was higher in cases compared to controls. Those who worked in known-risk occupations for lung cancer showed an OR of 2.17 (95%CI 1.33; 3.52), with a similar risk when men were analysed separately. The results were adjusted by age, sex, smoking and indoor radon exposure. Those who worked in known-risk occupations and were moderate or heavy smokers had a SCLC risk of 12.19 (95%CI 5.68-26.38) compared with never or moderate smokers who had not worked in such occupations. Occupation is a relevant risk factor of SCLC, and it seems that its effect is boosted when tobacco smoking is present.
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- Teresa Curiel García
- Service of Medical Oncology, Santiago de Compostela University Hospital, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- Departamento de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Universidad de Medicina, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, C/ San Francisco s/n., 15782, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Departamento de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Universidad de Medicina, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, C/ San Francisco s/n., 15782, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
- Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública-CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain.
- Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago de Compostela-IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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- Departamento de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Universidad de Medicina, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, C/ San Francisco s/n., 15782, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago de Compostela-IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Service of Medical Oncology, Santiago de Compostela University Hospital, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago de Compostela-IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- Translational Medical Oncology Group (Oncomet), Roche-Chus Joint Unit, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- NeumoVigo I+i Research Group, Department of Pneumology, Alvaro Cunqueiro University Teaching Hospital, Southern Galician Institute of Health Research (Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Galicia Sur-IISGS), Vigo, Spain
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- Departamento de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Universidad de Medicina, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, C/ San Francisco s/n., 15782, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Service of Medical Oncology, Puerta del Hierro University Hospital of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Service of Neumology, University Hospital Complex of A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain
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- National Institute of Silicosis, University Hospital of Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Service of Pathological Anatomy, University Hospital of Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain
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- Department of Pneumology, Lucus Augusti University Teaching Hospital, Lugo, Spain
- Grupo C039 Biodiscovery HULA-USC, Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública-CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Universidad de Medicina, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, C/ San Francisco s/n., 15782, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública-CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
- Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago de Compostela-IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- NeumoVigo I+i Research Group, Department of Pneumology, Alvaro Cunqueiro University Teaching Hospital, Southern Galician Institute of Health Research (Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Galicia Sur-IISGS), Vigo, Spain
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- Departamento de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Universidad de Medicina, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, C/ San Francisco s/n., 15782, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública-CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
- Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago de Compostela-IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Departamento de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Universidad de Medicina, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, C/ San Francisco s/n., 15782, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública-CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
- Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago de Compostela-IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Cordina-Duverger E, Uchai S, Tvardik N, Billmann R, Martin D, Trédaniel J, Wislez M, Blons H, Laurent-Puig P, Antoine M, Guénel P, Radoï L. Sleep Traits, Night Shift Work and Lung Cancer Risk among Women: Results from a Population-Based Case-Control Study in France (The WELCA Study). INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:16246. [PMID: 36498320 PMCID: PMC9740028 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph192316246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2022] [Revised: 11/21/2022] [Accepted: 12/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Circadian rhythm disruption due to night shift work and/or sleep disorders is associated with negative health outcomes including cancer. There is only scant evidence of an association with lung cancer, unlike breast and prostate cancer. We explore the role of sleep disorders and night shift work in lung cancer risk among women in a population-based case-control study, including 716 lung cancer cases and 758 controls. Multivariable logistic regression models were used to estimate odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) associated with sleep duration per day (<7 h, 7−7.9 h, ≥8 h), a summary index of sleep disorders, chronotype, and night shift work exposure metrics. When compared to women with an average sleep duration of 7−7.9 h per day, the OR was 1.39 (95% CI 1.04−1.86) in long sleepers (≥8 h) and 1.16 (95% CI 0.86−1.56) in short sleepers (<7 h). Overall, lung cancer was not associated with the sleep disorder index, nor with night shift work, regardless of the duration of night work or the frequency of night shifts. However, elevated OR associated with the sleep disorder index were found in the subgroup of current smokers. The U-shaped association of lung cancer with sleep duration was more particularly pronounced among women who worked at night ≥5 years. Our findings suggested that sleep patterns are associated with lung cancer risk in women with a potential modifying effect by night shift work duration or tobacco smoking.
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- Emilie Cordina-Duverger
- Équipe Exposome et Hérédité, Inserm U 1018, Center for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health (CESP), University Paris-Sud, Université Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Université Paris-Saclay, 94807 Villejuif, France
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- Équipe Exposome et Hérédité, Inserm U 1018, Center for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health (CESP), University Paris-Sud, Université Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Université Paris-Saclay, 94807 Villejuif, France
- École des Hautes Etudes en Santé Publique (EHESP), 93210 Paris, France
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- Équipe Exposome et Hérédité, Inserm U 1018, Center for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health (CESP), University Paris-Sud, Université Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Université Paris-Saclay, 94807 Villejuif, France
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- Équipe Exposome et Hérédité, Inserm U 1018, Center for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health (CESP), University Paris-Sud, Université Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Université Paris-Saclay, 94807 Villejuif, France
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- Équipe Exposome et Hérédité, Inserm U 1018, Center for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health (CESP), University Paris-Sud, Université Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Université Paris-Saclay, 94807 Villejuif, France
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- Unité INSERM UMR-S 1124, Toxicologie, Pharmacologie et Signalisation Cellulaire, Groupe Hospitalier Paris Saint Joseph, Université de Paris, 75014 Paris, France
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- Unité d’Oncologie Thoracique, Institut du Cancer Paris Carpem, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP Centre), Université Paris Cité, 75014 Paris, France
- Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, UMRS 1138 Complement, Inflammation and Cancer, Université de Paris, 75006 Paris, France
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- Department of Biology Physiology and Genetics, Institut du Cancer Paris Carpem, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP Centre), Université Paris Cité, 75005 Paris, France
- Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, INSERM, CNRS SNC 5096, Sorbonne Université, Université de Paris, 75006 Paris, France
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- Department of Biology Physiology and Genetics, Institut du Cancer Paris Carpem, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP Centre), Université Paris Cité, 75005 Paris, France
- Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, INSERM, CNRS SNC 5096, Sorbonne Université, Université de Paris, 75006 Paris, France
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- AP-HP, Tenon Hospital, Pathology, 4 Rue de la Chine, 75020 Paris, France
- UPMC Université Paris 06, GRC No. 04, Theranoscan, 75020 Paris, France
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- Équipe Exposome et Hérédité, Inserm U 1018, Center for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health (CESP), University Paris-Sud, Université Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Université Paris-Saclay, 94807 Villejuif, France
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- Équipe Exposome et Hérédité, Inserm U 1018, Center for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health (CESP), University Paris-Sud, Université Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Université Paris-Saclay, 94807 Villejuif, France
- UFR d’Odontologie, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP Nord), Hôpital Louis Mourier, Université Paris Cité, 92700 Paris, France
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Hosseini B, Olsson A, Bouaoun L, Hall A, Hadji M, Rashidian H, Naghibzadeh-Tahami A, Marzban M, Najafi F, Haghdoost AA, Boffetta P, Kamangar F, Pukkala E, Etemadi A, Weiderpass E, Schüz J, Zendehdel K. Lung cancer risk in relation to jobs held in a nationwide case-control study in Iran. Occup Environ Med 2022; 79:831-838. [PMID: 36379677 PMCID: PMC9685687 DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2022-108463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2022] [Accepted: 08/24/2022] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Globally, lung cancer is the most frequent occupational cancer, but the risk associated with the occupations or occupational environment in Iran is not clear. We aimed to assess occupations with the risk of lung cancer. METHODS We used the IROPICAN nationwide case-control study data including 658 incident lung cancer cases and 3477 controls. We assessed the risk of lung cancer in relation to ever working in major groups of International Standard Classification of Occupations, high-risk occupations for lung cancer and duration of employment and lung cancer subtype among construction workers and farmers while controlling for cigarette smoking and opium consumption. We used unconditional regression logistic models to estimate ORs for the association between increased lung cancer risk and occupations. RESULTS We observed elevated ORs for lung cancer in male construction workers (OR=1.4; 95% CI: 1.0 to 1.8), petroleum industry workers (OR=3.2; 95% CI: 1.1 to 9.8), female farmers (OR=2.6; 95% CI: 1.3 to 5.3) and female bakers (OR=5.5; 95% CI: 1.0 to 29.8). A positive trend by the duration of employment was observed for male construction workers (p< 0.001). Increased risk of squamous cell carcinoma was observed in male construction workers (OR=1.9; 95% CI: 1.2 to 3.0) and female farmers (OR=4.3; 95% CI: 1.1 to 17.2), who also experienced an increased risk of adenocarcinoma (OR=3.8; 95% CI: 1.4 to 9.9). DISCUSSION Although we observed associations between some occupations and lung cancer consistent with the literature, further studies with larger samples focusing on exposures are needed to better understand the occupational lung cancer burden in Iran.
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- Bayan Hosseini
- Environment and Lifestyle Epidemiology Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France
- Cancer Research Center, Cancer Institute of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Tehran, The Islamic Republic of Iran
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- Environment and Lifestyle Epidemiology Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France
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- Environment and Lifestyle Epidemiology Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France
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- Research Directorate, Veterans Affairs Canada, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
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- Cancer Research Center, Cancer Institute of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Tehran, The Islamic Republic of Iran
- Health Sciences Unit, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tampere Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere, Finland
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- Cancer Research Center, Cancer Institute of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Tehran, The Islamic Republic of Iran
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, The Islamic Republic of Iran
- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, The Islamic Republic of Iran
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- Clinical Research Development Center, The Persian Gulf Martyrs, Boushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, The Islamic Republic of Iran
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- Research Center for Environmental Determinants of Health, School of Public Health, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, The Islamic Republic of Iran
- Social Development and Health Promotion Research Center, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, The Islamic Republic of Iran
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- Kerman University of Medical Sciences Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Kerman, The Islamic Republic of Iran
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- Stony Brook Cancer Center, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA
- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biology, Morgan State University School of Computer Mathematical and Natural Sciences, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Health Sciences Unit, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
- Finnish Cancer Registry, Cancer Society of Finland Institute for Statistical and Epidemiological Cancer Research, Helsinki, Finland
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- National Cancer Institute Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Environment and Lifestyle Epidemiology Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France
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- Environment and Lifestyle Epidemiology Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France
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- Cancer Research Center, Cancer Institute of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Tehran, The Islamic Republic of Iran
- Cancer Biology Research Center, Cancer Institute of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Tehran, The Islamic Republic of Iran
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Loomis D, Dzhambov AM, Momen NC, Chartres N, Descatha A, Guha N, Kang SK, Modenese A, Morgan RL, Ahn S, Martínez-Silveira MS, Zhang S, Pega F. The effect of occupational exposure to welding fumes on trachea, bronchus and lung cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis from the WHO/ILO Joint Estimates of the Work-related Burden of Disease and Injury. ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL 2022; 170:107565. [PMID: 36402034 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2022.107565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2022] [Revised: 09/27/2022] [Accepted: 10/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND The World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) are the producers of the WHO/ILO Joint Estimates of the Work-related Burden of Disease and Injury (WHO/ILO Joint Estimates). Welding fumes have been classified as carcinogenic to humans (Group 1) by the WHO International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in IARC Monograph 118; this assessment found sufficient evidence from studies in humans that welding fumes are a cause of lung cancer. In this article, we present a systematic review and meta-analysis of parameters for estimating the number of deaths and disability-adjusted life years from trachea, bronchus, and lung cancer attributable to occupational exposure to welding fumes, to inform the development of WHO/ILO Joint Estimates on this burden of disease (if considered feasible). OBJECTIVES We aimed to systematically review and meta-analyse estimates of the effect of any (or high) occupational exposure to welding fumes, compared with no (or low) occupational exposure to welding fumes, on trachea, bronchus, and lung cancer (three outcomes: prevalence, incidence, and mortality). DATA SOURCES We developed and published a protocol, applying the Navigation Guide as an organizing systematic review framework where feasible. We searched electronic databases for potentially relevant records from published and unpublished studies, including Medline, EMBASE, Web of Science, CENTRAL and CISDOC. We also searched grey literature databases, Internet search engines, and organizational websites; hand-searched reference lists of previous systematic reviews; and consulted additional experts. STUDY ELIGIBILITY AND CRITERIA We included working-age (≥15 years) workers in the formal and informal economy in any Member State of WHO and/or ILO but excluded children (<15 years) and unpaid domestic workers. We included randomized controlled trials, cohort studies, case-control studies, and other non-randomized intervention studies with an estimate of the effect of any (or high) occupational exposure to welding fumes, compared with occupational exposure to no (or low) welding fumes, on trachea, bronchus, and lung cancer (prevalence, incidence, and mortality). STUDY APPRAISAL AND SYNTHESIS METHODS At least two review authors independently screened titles and abstracts against the eligibility criteria at a first review stage and full texts of potentially eligible records at a second stage, followed by extraction of data from qualifying studies. If studies reported odds ratios, these were converted to risk ratios (RRs). We combined all RRs using random-effects meta-analysis. Two or more review authors assessed the risk of bias, quality of evidence, and strength of evidence, using the Navigation Guide tools and approaches adapted to this project. Subgroup (e.g., by WHO region and sex) and sensitivity analyses (e.g., studies judged to be of "high"/"probably high" risk of bias compared with "low"/"probably low" risk of bias) were conducted. RESULTS Forty-one records from 40 studies (29 case control studies and 11 cohort studies) met the inclusion criteria, comprising over 1,265,512 participants (≥22,761 females) in 21 countries in three WHO regions (Region of the Americas, European Region, and Western Pacific Region). The exposure and outcome were generally assessed by job title or self-report, and medical or administrative records, respectively. Across included studies, risk of bias was overall generally probably low/low, with risk judged high or probably high for several studies in the domains for misclassification bias and confounding. Our search identified no evidence on the outcome of having trachea, bronchus, and lung cancer (prevalence). Compared with no (or low) occupational exposure to welding fumes, any (or high) occupational exposure to welding fumes increased the risk of acquiring trachea, bronchus, and lung cancer (incidence) by an estimated 48 % (RR 1.48, 95 % confidence interval [CI] 1.29-1.70, 23 studies, 57,931 participants, I2 24 %; moderate quality of evidence). Compared with no (or low) occupational exposure to welding fumes, any (or high) occupational exposure to welding fumes increased the risk dying from trachea, bronchus, and lung cancer (mortality) by an estimated 27 % (RR 1.27, 95 % CI 1.04-1.56, 3 studies, 8,686 participants, I2 0 %; low quality of evidence). Our subgroup analyses found no evidence for difference by WHO region and sex. Sensitivity analyses supported the main analyses. CONCLUSIONS Overall, for incidence and mortality of trachea, bronchus, and lung cancer, we judged the existing body of evidence for human data as "sufficient evidence of harmfulness" and "limited evidence of harmfulness", respectively. Occupational exposure to welding fumes increased the risk of acquiring and dying from trachea, bronchus, and lung cancer. Producing estimates for the burden of trachea, bronchus, and lung cancer attributable to any (or high) occupational exposure to welding fumes appears evidence-based, and the pooled effect estimates presented in this systematic review could be used as input data for the WHO/ILO Joint Estimates. PROTOCOL IDENTIFIER: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2020.106089.
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- Dana Loomis
- School of Community Health Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV, the United States of America; Plumas County Public Health Agency, Plumas County, CA, the United States of America.
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- Department of Hygiene, Faculty of Public Health, Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria; Institute for Highway Engineering and Transport Planning, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria.
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- Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
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- Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, the United States of America.
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- AP-HP (Paris Hospital "Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris"), Occupational Health Unit, University Hospital of West Suburb of Paris, Poincaré Site, Garches, France /Versailles St-Quentin Univ - Paris Saclay Univ (UVSQ), UMS 011, UMR-S 1168, France; Univ Angers, CHU Angers, Univ Rennes, Inserm, EHESP, Irset (Institut de recherche en santé, environnement et travail) - UMR_S1085, SFR ICAT, CAPTV CDC, Angers, France.
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- Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, California Environmental Protection Agency, Oakland, CA, the United States of America.
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Gil Medical Center, Gachon University College of Medicine, Incheon, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena & Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.
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- National Pension Research Institute, Jeonju-si, Republic of Korea.
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- National Institute for Occupational Health and Poison Control, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Olsson A, Guha N, Bouaoun L, Kromhout H, Peters S, Siemiatycki J, Ho V, Gustavsson P, Boffetta P, Vermeulen R, Behrens T, Brüning T, Kendzia B, Guénel P, Luce D, Karrasch S, Wichmann HE, Consonni D, Landi MT, Caporaso NE, Merletti F, Mirabelli D, Richiardi L, Jöckel KH, Ahrens W, Pohlabeln H, Tardón A, Zaridze D, Field JK, Lissowska J, Świątkowska B, McLaughlin JR, Demers PA, Bencko V, Foretova L, Janout V, Pándics T, Fabianova E, Mates D, Forastiere F, Bueno-de-Mesquita B, Schüz J, Straif K. Occupational Exposure to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Lung Cancer Risk: Results from a Pooled Analysis of Case-Control Studies (SYNERGY). Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2022; 31:1433-1441. [PMID: 35437574 PMCID: PMC9377765 DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-21-1428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2021] [Revised: 03/22/2022] [Accepted: 04/11/2022] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) occurs widely in occupational settings. We investigated the association between occupational exposure to PAH and lung cancer risk and joint effects with smoking within the SYNERGY project. METHODS We pooled 14 case-control studies with information on lifetime occupational and smoking histories conducted between 1985 and 2010 in Europe and Canada. Exposure to benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) was used as a proxy of PAH and estimated from a quantitative general population job-exposure matrix. Multivariable unconditional logistic regression models, adjusted for smoking and exposure to other occupational lung carcinogens, estimated ORs, and 95% confidence intervals (CI). RESULTS We included 16,901 lung cancer cases and 20,965 frequency-matched controls. Adjusted OR for PAH exposure (ever) was 1.08 (CI, 1.02-1.15) in men and 1.20 (CI, 1.04-1.38) in women. When stratified by smoking status and histologic subtype, the OR for cumulative exposure ≥0.24 BaP μg/m3-years in men was higher in never smokers overall [1.31 (CI, 0.98-1.75)], for small cell [2.53 (CI, 1.28-4.99)] and squamous cell cancers [1.33 (CI, 0.80-2.21)]. Joint effects between PAH and smoking were observed. Restricting analysis to the most recent studies showed no increased risk. CONCLUSIONS Elevated lung cancer risk associated with PAH exposure was observed in both sexes, particularly for small cell and squamous cell cancers, after accounting for cigarette smoking and exposure to other occupational lung carcinogens. IMPACT The lack of association between PAH and lung cancer in more recent studies merits further research under today's exposure conditions and worker protection measures.
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- Ann Olsson
- International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC/WHO), Lyon, France
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- Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, California Environmental Protection Agency, Oakland, California
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC/WHO), Lyon, France
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- Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada
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- Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada
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- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Stony Brook Cancer Center, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York
- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Institute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance, Institute of the Ruhr University (IPA), Bochum, Germany
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- Institute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance, Institute of the Ruhr University (IPA), Bochum, Germany
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- Institute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance, Institute of the Ruhr University (IPA), Bochum, Germany
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- Center for research in Epidemiology and Population Health (CESP), Exposome and Heredity team, Inserm U1018, University Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France
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- Univ Rennes, Inserm, EHESP, Irset (Institut de recherche en santé, environnement et travail) - UMR_S 1085, Pointe-à-Pitre, France
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- Institute and Clinic for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
- Comprehensive Pneumology Center Munich (CPC-M), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Munich, Germany
- Institute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
- Institut für Medizinische Informatik Biometrie Epidemiologie, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
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- Epidemiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology (IMIBE), University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS, Bremen, Germany
- Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Institute of Statistics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS, Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Public Health, University of Oviedo. ISPA and CIBERESP, Oviedo, Spain
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- Department of cancer epidemiology and Prevention, N.N. Blokhin National Research Centre of oncology, Moscow, Russia
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- Roy Castle Lung Cancer Research Programme, Department of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Epidemiology Unit, Department of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention, M. Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Environmental Epidemiology, The Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Lodz, Poland
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- Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Occupational Cancer Research Centre, Ontario Health, Toronto, Canada
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- Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czechia
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czechia
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- Regional Authority of Public Health, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
- Faculty of Health, Catholic University, Ružomberok, Slovakia
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- National Institute of Public Health, Bucharest, Romania
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- Former senior scientist, Centre for Nutrition, Prevention and Health Services, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC/WHO), Lyon, France
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain
- Boston College, Massachusetts
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Moayedi-Nia S, Pasquet R, Siemiatycki J, Koushik A, Ho V. Occupational Exposures and Lung Cancer Risk-An Analysis of the CARTaGENE Study. J Occup Environ Med 2022; 64:295-304. [PMID: 35019894 DOI: 10.1097/jom.0000000000002481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine the associations between prevalent occupational agents and lung cancer risk. METHODS A case-cohort design (ncases= 147; nsub-cohort= 1,032) was nested within the CARTaGENE prospective cohort study. The Canadian Job Exposure Matrix was used to determine the probability of exposure to 27 agents in participants' longest-held jobs. Multivariable logistic regression with robust variance estimators was used to determine the associations between each agent and lung cancer risk while adjusting for established lung cancer risk factors. RESULTS Increased lung cancer risk was observed among those exposed to ashes, calcium sulfate, formaldehyde, cooking fumes, alkanes, aliphatic aldehydes, and cleaning agents. Lower lung cancer risk was found among participants exposed to carbon monoxide and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from petroleum. CONCLUSION Our findings support the role of several occupational agents, for which we have limited knowledge, in contributing to lung cancer risk.
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- Saeedeh Moayedi-Nia
- Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Ms Moayedi-Nia, Dr Siemiatycki, Dr Koushik, Dr Ho); and Health Innovation and Evaluation Hub, University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM), Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Dr Pasquet, Dr Siemiatycki, Dr Koushik, Dr Ho)
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Babić Ž, Macan M, Franić Z, Hallmann S, Havmose MS, Johansen JD, John SM, Symanzik C, Uter W, Weinert P, van der Molen HF, Kezic S, Turk R, Macan J. Association of hairdressing with cancer and reproductive diseases: A systematic review. J Occup Health 2022; 64:e12351. [PMID: 36017574 PMCID: PMC9411989 DOI: 10.1002/1348-9585.12351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2022] [Revised: 07/30/2022] [Accepted: 08/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES To review recent epidemiological studies investigating carcinogenic or reprotoxic effects among hairdressers who seem to be at greater risk for systemic adverse effects of chemicals released from hair care products than consumers. METHODS A systematic review according to the PRISMA-P guidelines was performed and included studies published from 2000 to August 2021, in which cancer or adverse reproductive effects were diagnosed in 1995 and onward. Data were synthetized qualitatively due to the small number of studies, heterogeneity of study designs, outcomes, and methods. RESULTS Four studies investigating cancer frequencies and six studies investigating effects on reproduction among hairdressers were identified. All were of good quality and with low risk of bias. Only one of the four studies found an increased risk of cancer reporting nine times higher odds for bladder cancer in hairdressers than the population-based controls. Three other studies investigating bladder and lung cancer, and non-Hodgins lymphoma did not find an increased risk in hairdressers. Regarding reprotoxic effects, numerous outcomes were investigated including menstrual disorders, congenital malformations, fetal loss, small-for-gestational age newborns, preterm delivery, and infertility. Increased risk was found for ventricular septal defect in newborns of fathers working as hairdressers. Furthermore, several indices of poor neonatal or maternal health were significantly associated with mothers working as hairdresser. CONCLUSIONS Despite the scarce evidence that hairdressers are at increased risk of carcinogenic or reprotoxic effects related to their trade, such health risks cannot be ruled out. Therefore, preventive efforts to diminish occupational exposures to hairdressing chemicals should be targeted.
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- Željka Babić
- Institute for Medical Research and Occupational HealthZagrebCroatia
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- Institute for Medical Research and Occupational HealthZagrebCroatia
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- Institute for Medical Research and Occupational HealthZagrebCroatia
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- Department of Medical Informatics, Biometry and EpidemiologyFriedrich‐Alexander Universität Erlangen/Nürnberg, ErlangenErlangenGermany
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- National Allergy Research Centre, Department of Skin and AllergyUniversity of Copenhagen, Gentofte HospitalCopenhagenDenmark
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- National Allergy Research Centre, Department of Skin and AllergyUniversity of Copenhagen, Gentofte HospitalCopenhagenDenmark
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- Department of Dermatology, Environmental Medicine and Health TheoryOsnabrück UniversityOsnabrückGermany
- Institute for Interdisciplinary Dermatological Prevention and Rehabilitation (iDerm) at Osnabrück UniversityOsnabrückGermany
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- Department of Dermatology, Environmental Medicine and Health TheoryOsnabrück UniversityOsnabrückGermany
- Institute for Interdisciplinary Dermatological Prevention and Rehabilitation (iDerm) at Osnabrück UniversityOsnabrückGermany
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- Department of Medical Informatics, Biometry and EpidemiologyFriedrich‐Alexander Universität Erlangen/Nürnberg, ErlangenErlangenGermany
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- Institute for Interdisciplinary Dermatological Prevention and Rehabilitation (iDerm) at Osnabrück UniversityOsnabrückGermany
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- Department of Public and Occupational Health, Coronel Institute of Occupational Health, Amsterdam Public Health Research InstituteAmsterdam UMC, University of AmsterdamAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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- Department of Public and Occupational Health, Coronel Institute of Occupational Health, Amsterdam Public Health Research InstituteAmsterdam UMC, University of AmsterdamAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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- Institute for Medical Research and Occupational HealthZagrebCroatia
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- Institute for Medical Research and Occupational HealthZagrebCroatia
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Paustenbach D, Brew D, Ligas S, Heywood J. A critical review of the 2020 EPA risk assessment for chrysotile and its many shortcomings. Crit Rev Toxicol 2021; 51:509-539. [PMID: 34651555 DOI: 10.1080/10408444.2021.1968337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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From 2018 to 2020, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) performed a risk evaluation of chrysotile asbestos to evaluate the hazards of asbestos-containing products (e.g. encapsulated products), including brakes and gaskets, allegedly currently sold in the United States. During the public review period, the EPA received more than 100 letters commenting on the proposed risk evaluation. The Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals (SACC), which peer reviewed the document, asked approximately 100 questions of the EPA that they expected to be addressed prior to publication of the final version of the risk assessment on 30 December 2020. After careful analysis, the authors of this manuscript found many significant scientific shortcomings in both the EPA's draft and final versions of the chrysotile risk evaluation. First, the EPA provided insufficient evidence regarding the current number of chrysotile-containing brakes and gaskets being sold in the United States, which influences the need for regulatory oversight. Second, the Agency did not give adequate consideration to the more than 200 air samples detailed in the published literature of auto mechanics who changed brakes in the 1970-1989 era. Third, the Agency did not consider more than 15 epidemiology studies indicating that exposures to encapsulated chrysotile asbestos in brakes and gaskets, which were generally in commerce from approximately 1950-1985, did not increase the incidence of any asbestos-related disease. Fourth, the concern about chrysotile asbestos being a mesothelioma hazard was based on populations in two facilities where mixed exposure to chrysotile and commercial amphibole asbestos (amosite and crocidolite) occurred. All 8 cases of pleural cancer and mesothelioma in the examined populations arose in facilities where amphiboles were present. It was therefore inappropriate to rely on these cohorts to predict the health risks of exposure to short fiber chrysotile, especially of those fibers filled with phenolic resins. Fifth, the suggested inhalation unit risk (IUR) for chrysotile asbestos was far too high since it was not markedly different than for amosite, despite the fact that the amphiboles are a far more potent carcinogen. Sixth, the approach to low dose modeling was not the most appropriate one in several respects, but, without question, it should have accounted for the background rate of mesothelioma in the general population. Just one month after this assessment was published, the National Academies of Science notified the EPA that the Agency's systematic review process was flawed. The result of the EPA's chrysotile asbestos risk evaluation is that society can expect dozens of years of scientifically unwarranted litigation. Due to an aging population and because some fraction of the population is naturally predisposed to mesothelioma given the presence of various genetic mutations in DNA repair mechanisms (e.g. BAP1 and others), the vast majority of mesotheliomas in the post-2035 era are expected to be spontaneous and unrelated in any way to exposure to asbestos. Due to the EPA's analysis, it is our belief that those who handled brakes and gaskets in the post-1985 era may now believe that those exposures were the cause of their mesothelioma, when a risk assessment based on the scientific weight of evidence would indicate otherwise.
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- Paustenbach and Associates, Jackson, WY, USA
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Matrat M, Radoï L, Févotte J, Guida F, Cénée S, Cyr D, Sanchez M, Menvielle G, Schmaus A, Marrer E, Luce D, Stücker I. Occupational exposure to wood dust and risk of lung cancer: the ICARE study. Occup Environ Med 2019; 76:901-907. [PMID: 31537717 DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2019-105802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2019] [Revised: 07/22/2019] [Accepted: 08/25/2019] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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OBJECTIVES In a previous analysis of data from a French population-based case-control study (the Investigation of occupational and environmental CAuses of REspiratory cancers (ICARE) study), 'having ever worked' in wood-related occupations was associated with excess lung cancer risk after adjusting for smoking but not for occupational factors. The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between lung cancer risk and wood dust exposure after adjusting for occupational exposures. METHODS Data were obtained from 2276 cases and 2780 controls on smoking habits and lifelong occupational history, using a standardised questionnaire with a job-specific questionnaire for wood dust exposure. Logistic regression models were used to calculate ORs and 95% CIs adjusted for age, area of residence, tobacco smoking, the number of job periods and exposure to silica, asbestos and diesel motor exhaust (DME). RESULTS No significant association was found between lung cancer and wood dust exposure after adjustment for smoking, asbestos, silica and DME exposures. The risk of lung cancer was slightly increased among those who were exposed to wood dust more than 10 years, and had over 40 years since the first exposure. CONCLUSION Our findings do not provide a strong support to the hypothesis that wood dust exposure is a risk factor for lung cancer. This study showed the importance of taking into account smoking and occupational coexposures in studies on lung cancer and wood dust exposure. Further studies evaluating the level and frequency of exposure during various tasks in woodwork are needed.
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- Mireille Matrat
- Université Paris-Saclay, Université Paris-Sud, UVSQ, CESP, U1018, Equipe Epidemiologie des Cancers, Gènes et Environnement, INSERM, Villejuif, France .,Faculty of Medicine IFR 10, University Paris-Est Créteil, Créteil, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, Université Paris-Sud, UVSQ, CESP, U1018, Equipe Epidemiologie des Cancers, Gènes et Environnement, INSERM, Villejuif, France.,Faculty of Dental Surgery, University Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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- Unité Mixte de Recherche Epidémiologique et de Surveillance Transport Travail Environnement (UMRESTTE), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, Université Paris-Sud, UVSQ, CESP, U1018, Equipe Epidemiologie des Cancers, Gènes et Environnement, INSERM, Villejuif, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, Université Paris-Sud, UVSQ, CESP, U1018, Equipe Epidemiologie des Cancers, Gènes et Environnement, INSERM, Villejuif, France
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- Population-Based Epidemiological Cohorts Unit (UMS 011) INSERM-UVSQ, INSERM, Villejuif, France.,UMS 011, University of Versailles St-Quentin, Villejuif, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, Université Paris-Sud, UVSQ, CESP, U1018, Equipe Epidemiologie des Cancers, Gènes et Environnement, INSERM, Villejuif, France
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- Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique (IPLESP, UMR1136), Sorbonne Universités, INSERM, Paris, France
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- Population-Based Epidemiological Cohorts Unit (UMS 011) INSERM-UVSQ, INSERM, Villejuif, France.,UMS 011, University of Versailles St-Quentin, Villejuif, France
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- Registre des tumeurs du Haut Rhin, Centre Hospitalier de Mulhouse ARER 68, Mulhouse, France
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- UMRS 1085 IRSET, INSERM, Pointe-à-Pitre, France.,Campus de Fouillole, University of Rennes 1, Pointe à Pitre, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, Université Paris-Sud, UVSQ, CESP, U1018, Equipe Epidemiologie des Cancers, Gènes et Environnement, INSERM, Villejuif, France
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Phthalates Exposure and Occupational Symptoms among Slovakian Hairdressing Apprentices. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/app9163321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The objectives of the study were to examine occupational exposure to phthalates of hairdressing apprentices from Slovakia (n = 74, 89.2% females; 10.8% males), outcomes related to body composition and pulmonary functions. We used high-performance liquid chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry to the quantified urinary concentration of phthalates. Pulmonary function test (PFT), anthropometric measurements, and questionnaire were also conducted. We observed a decrease of % of predicted values of forced vital capacity (FVC% of PV) related exposure to mono(2-ethyl-5-oxohexyl) phthalate (MEOHP; p = 0.054) and sum of bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate metabolites (∑DEHP; p = 0.037), and a decrease of % of predicted values of vital capacity (VC% of PV) related to exposure to MEOHP, ∑DEHP (p = 0.008), and mono(2-ethyl-5-hydroxyhexyl) phthalate (MEHHP; p = 0.014) in females. We detected associations between forced vital capacity (FVC) with weight (p = 0.002) and fat-free mass index (FFMI, p = 0.010). Vital capacity (VC) and VC% of PV increased with weight, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), hip circumference (HC), waist-hip ratio (WHR), the waist-height ratio (WHtR), fat mass index (FMI) and FFMI in females (p ≤ 0.014). Results of multivariate regression between PFT and anthropometric parameters adjusted to phthalates indicated exposure to MnBP and MEHP, changing body structure (BMI and FMI), subsequently affecting values of FEV1/FVC.
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Gao S, Yu Y, Liu L, Meng J, Li G. Circular RNA hsa_circ_0007059 restrains proliferation and epithelial-mesenchymal transition in lung cancer cells via inhibiting microRNA-378. Life Sci 2019; 233:116692. [PMID: 31351967 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2019.116692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2019] [Revised: 07/15/2019] [Accepted: 07/23/2019] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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As newly discovered non-coding RNA (ncRNA), circular RNA (circRNA) has become a research hotspot in manifold cancers. But, the influences of hsa_circ_0007059 in lung cancer remain obscure. Expression of hsa_circ_0007059 in lung cancer tissues was firstly determined through RT-qPCR. After overexpressing hsa_circ_0007059, cell viability, apoptosis, p53/CyclinD1, Bax and Pro/Cleaved-Caspase-3 and EMT-correlative factors (E-cadherin, Vimetin, Twist1 and Zeb1) were tested in A549 and H1975 cells. MiR-378 expression in lung cancer tissues and cells was evaluated after miR-378 mimic transfection. Wnt/β-catenin and ERK1/2 pathways were finally evaluated in A549 and H1975 cells. Inhibition of hsa_circ_0007059 was discovered in lung cancer tissues. Overexpressed hsa_circ_0007059 evidently restrained cell proliferation, elevated p53 and repressed CyclinD1 expression, meanwhile triggered apoptosis and enhanced Bax and Cleaved-Caspase-3 expression. Increased hsa_circ_0007059 abated EMT via enhancement of E-cadherin and inhibition of Vimentin, Twist and Zeb1 in A549 and H1975 cells. MiR-378 was up-regulated in lung cancer tissues, declined by hsa_circ_0007059 overexpression in A549 and H1975 cells. Overexpressed hsa_circ_0007059 hindered Wnt/β-catenin and ERK1/2 pathways via suppressing miR-378 in A549 and H1975 cells. The investigations manifested that hsa_circ_0007059 abated cell proliferation and EMT process in lung cancer cells via inactivation of Wnt/β-catenin and ERK1/2 pathways via suppressing miR-378.
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- Shunji Gao
- Department of Occupational Medicine, Weifang People's Hospital, Weifang 261000, China
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- Department of Occupational Medicine, Weifang People's Hospital, Weifang 261000, China
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- Department of Occupational Medicine, Weifang People's Hospital, Weifang 261000, China
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- Department of Occupational Medicine, Weifang People's Hospital, Weifang 261000, China
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- Department of Occupational Medicine, Weifang People's Hospital, Weifang 261000, China.
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Cancer in glass workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 2019; 93:1-10. [DOI: 10.1007/s00420-019-01460-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2018] [Accepted: 07/19/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Delva F, Laurent F, Paris C, Belacel M, Brochard P, Bylicki O, Chouaïd C, Clin B, Dewitte JD, Le Denmat V, Gehanno JF, Lacourt A, Margery J, Verdun-Esquer C, Mathoulin-Pélissier S, Pairon JC. LUCSO-1-French pilot study of LUng Cancer Screening with low-dose computed tomography in a smokers population exposed to Occupational lung carcinogens: study protocol. BMJ Open 2019; 9:e025026. [PMID: 30904859 PMCID: PMC6475342 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Guidelines concerning the follow-up of subjects occupationally exposed to lung carcinogens, published in France in 2015, recommended the setting up of a trial of low-dose chest CT lung cancer screening in subjects at high risk of lung cancer. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the organisation of low-dose chest CT lung cancer screening in subjects occupationally exposed to lung carcinogens and at high risk of lung cancer. METHODS AND ANALYSIS This trial will be conducted in eight French departments by six specialised reference centres (SRCs) in occupational health. In view of the exploratory nature of this trial, it is proposed to test initially the feasibility and acceptability over the first 2 years in only two SRCs then in four other SRCs to evaluate the organisation. The target population is current or former smokers with more than 30 pack-years (who have quit smoking for less than 15 years), currently or previously exposed to International Agency for Research on Cancer group 1 lung carcinogens, and between the ages of 55 and 74 years. The trial will be conducted in the following steps: (1) identification of subjects by a screening invitation letter; (2) evaluation of occupational exposure to lung carcinogens; (3) evaluation of the lung cancer risk level and verification of eligibility; (4) screening procedure: annual chest CT scans performed by specialised centres and (5) follow-up of CT scan abnormalities. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION This protocol study has been approved by the French Committee for the Protection of Persons. The results from this study will be submitted to peer-reviewed journals and reported at suitable national and international meetings. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER NCT03562052; Pre-results.
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- Fleur Delva
- Service de médecine du travail et de pathologies professionnelles, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
- EPICENE, INSERM U1219, Bordeaux, France
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- Service de médecine du travail et de pathologies professionnelles, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Creteil, Creteil, Île-de-France, France
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- Department of Pneumologie, Hopital d’Instruction des Armees Percy, Clamart, France
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- Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Creteil, Creteil, Île-de-France, France
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- Department of Pneumologie, Hopital d’Instruction des Armees Percy, Clamart, France
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- Service de médecine du travail et de pathologies professionnelles, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Pneumologie et pathologie professionnelle, Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Créteil, Créteil Cedex, France
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Cancer incidence and all-cause mortality among civilian men and women employed by the Royal Norwegian Navy between 1950 and 2005. Cancer Epidemiol 2018; 57:1-6. [PMID: 30205311 DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2018.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2018] [Revised: 08/01/2018] [Accepted: 08/29/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE We aimed to investigate cancer incidence and all-cause mortality in a cohort of 8358 civilians (5134 men and 3224 women) employed by the Royal Norwegian Navy at any time between 1950 and 2005. METHODS The cohort was followed for cancer incidence and all-cause mortality from 1960 through 2015. Standardised incidence ratios (SIR) and mortality ratios (SMR) were calculated from national rates. Separate SIRs were calculated for a subgroup of male workshop workers and another of female cleaners. RESULTS Overall cancer incidence among men was similar to the reference rate; male breast cancer was more frequent (SIR = 3.23). Male workshop workers showed a SIR of 1.77 for stomach cancer, while their incidence of lympho-haematopoietic cancers was half that of the reference rates. Women had increased risks of overall cancer (SIR = 1.11), lung cancer (SIR = 1.35), and ovarian cancer (SIR = 1.39). Female cleaners showed a SIR of 2.33 for bladder cancer and a lowered incidence of brain cancer (SIR = 0.18). In the overall cohort, all-cause mortality was lower than expected for men (SMR = 0.92) and closer to the reference rate for women (SMR = 0.95). CONCLUSION In men, we observed a lowered all-cause mortality and an excess of stomach cancer in workshop workers. In women, increased risks of overall cancer, lung cancer and ovarian cancer was seen. An increased risk of bladder cancer and a lowered incidence of brain cancer was observed among female cleaners.
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Boulanger M, Tual S, Lemarchand C, Guizard AV, Delafosse P, Marcotullio E, Pons R, Piel C, Pouchieu C, Baldi I, Clin B, Lebailly P. Lung cancer risk and occupational exposures in crop farming: results from the AGRIculture and CANcer (AGRICAN) cohort. Occup Environ Med 2018; 75:776-785. [DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2017-104976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2017] [Revised: 08/08/2018] [Accepted: 08/12/2018] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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ObjectivesFarmers are considered at lower risk of lung cancer. However, specific tasks can expose them to hazardous air contaminants such as pesticides, diesel exhaust and mineral dust. This study aimed to assess the associations between various crops and related tasks and the risk of lung cancer, overall and by histological subtypes.MethodsAGRIculture and CANcer is a prospective French cohort of individuals affiliated to the agricultural health insurance scheme. Incident lung cancers (n=897) were identified by cancer registries from enrolment (2005–2007) to 2013. Data on crop and livestock exposure during lifetime were obtained from the enrolment questionnaire. We used a Cox model with attained age as timescale, adjusted for gender, smoking history and exposure to cattle and horses. Effects of duration and surface were assessed and analyses stratified on gender and smoking status were performed.ResultsWinegrowers were at higher risk of adenocarcinoma (HR=1.27 (95% CI 0.94 to 1.72)). We also found an association between pea growing and small cell lung cancer: significant effect of duration (ptrend=0.04) and the suggestion of a surface–effect relationship (ptrend=0.06); increased risk (HR=2.38 (95% CI 1.07 to 5.28)) for pesticide users; and significant effect of duration (ptrend=0.01) for harvesters. The risk of squamous cell carcinoma was increased for sunflower growing (HR=1.59 (95% CI 0.97 to 2.62), fruit-tree pruning (HR=1.44 (95% CI 0.92 to 2.27)) and pesticide use on beets (HR=1.47 (95% CI 0.92 to 2.34)). Corn and/or wheat/barley growers were at lower risk of lung cancer.ConclusionsOur results suggest associations between lung cancer and several crop-related tasks, even if we cannot rule out some chance findings due to multiple comparisons.
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Havet N, Penot A, Plantier M, Charbotel B, Morelle M, Fervers B. Inequalities in the control of the occupational exposure in France to carcinogenic, mutagenic and reprotoxic chemicals. Eur J Public Health 2018; 29:140-147. [DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cky130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Nathalie Havet
- Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, ISFA, Laboratoire SAF, Lyon, France
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- Université de Lyon, ENS Lyon, GATE - UMR 5824-CNRS, Lyon, France
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- Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, ISFA, Laboratoire SAF, Lyon, France
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- Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, IFSTTAR, UMRESTTE, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud Service des Maladies Professionnelles, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Direction de la Recherche Clinique et de l’Innovation, Cancer Centre Léon Bérard, GATE - UMR 5824-CNRS, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Unité Cancer et Environnement, Cancer Centre Léon Bérard, EA 4129 ‘Santé, Individu, Société’, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
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Serrier H, Sultan-Taïeb H, Luce D, Béjean S. [Respiratory cancers attributable to occupational exposures: what is the cost to society in France]. SANTE PUBLIQUE (VANDOEUVRE-LES-NANCY, FRANCE) 2017; 29:509-524. [PMID: 29034666 DOI: 10.3917/spub.174.0509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To estimate the social cost of respiratory cancers attributable to occupational risk factors in France in 2010. METHODS We estimated the number of cases of respiratory cancers attributable to each identified occupational risk factor according to the attributable fractions method. We also estimated direct (costs of hospital stays, drugs, outpatient care) and indirect costs (production losses) related to morbidity (absenteeism and presenteeism) and mortality (years of lost production). Production losses for paid work and unpaid domestic activities were taken into account. RESULTS The social cost of respiratory cancers (lung, larynx, sinonasal, pleural mesothelioma) attributable to exposure to asbestos, chromium, diesel engine exhaust, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, painting occupations (unidentified carcinogen), crystalline silica, wood and leather dust in France in 2010 was estimated to be between €960 and 1,866 million. The cost of lung cancer represents between €804 and 1,617 million. The three risk factors with the greatest impact are asbestos (€530 to 890 million), diesel engine exhaust (€227 to 394 million), and crystalline silica (€116 to 268 million). CONCLUSION These results provide a conservative estimate of the public health and economic burden of respiratory cancers attributable to occupational risk factors from a societal perspective.
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Stücker I, Martin D, Neri M, Laurent-Puig P, Blons H, Antoine M, Guiochon-Mantel A, Brailly-Tabard S, Canonico M, Wislez M, Trédaniel J. Women Epidemiology Lung Cancer (WELCA) study: reproductive, hormonal, occupational risk factors and biobank. BMC Public Health 2017; 17:324. [PMID: 28415992 PMCID: PMC5392991 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-017-4191-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2016] [Accepted: 03/17/2017] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Background Lung cancer aetiology and clinical aspects have been mainly studied in men, although specific risk factors probably exist in women. Here we present the rationale, design and organization of the WELCA study (Women Epidemiology Lung CAncer) that has been launched to investigate lung cancer in women, focusing particularly on hormonal and occupational factors. Methods/Design WELCA is a population based case-control study and planned to recruit 1000 cases and 1000 controls in three years, based on study power calculation. Eligible cases are female patients newly diagnosed with lung cancer, living in Paris and the Ile de France area and aged up to 75 years. Almost all Parisian pneumology and oncology clinical departments are involved. The control group is a random sample of the population living in the same area, frequency-matched on age and additionally stratified on the distribution of socio-professional categories of women residing there. After acquisition of written consent, research nurses administer standardized computer assisted questionnaires to all the subjects in face-to-face interviews and acquire anthropometric measures. Besides usual socio-demographic characteristics, information is gathered about menstrual and reproductive factors, hormonal treatments, lifestyle and leisure characteristics, occupational history, personal and familial medical history. Biological samples are also collected, in order to establish a biobank for molecular epidemiology studies. Molecular characteristics of the tumours will be obtained and patients will be followed up for five years. Discussion The WELCA study aims to answer key questions in lung cancer aetiology and clinical characteristics specifically in women. The role of hormonal impregnation is investigated, and the interactions with cigarette smoking or body mass index (BMI) will be analyzed in detail. The occupational history of the subjects is carefully reconstructed, focusing in particular on the service sector. The creation of a biobank for collection of serum, plasma, DNA and tumour tissue will allow the genetic and biochemical characterization of both the subjets and the tumours. The follow-up of the patients will help in disentangling the role of hormonal factors and tumour molecular characteristics in survival.
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- Isabelle Stücker
- Université Paris-Saclay, Univ. Paris-Sud, UVSQ, CESP, Inserm UMRS1018, 94807, Villejuif, France.
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- Université Paris-Saclay, Univ. Paris-Sud, UVSQ, CESP, Inserm UMRS1018, 94807, Villejuif, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, Univ. Paris-Sud, UVSQ, CESP, Inserm UMRS1018, 94807, Villejuif, France
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- Université Paris Descartes, Inserm UMR 5775 EPIGENETEC, 75006, Paris, France
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- Inserm UMR-S1147, université Paris Sorbonne Cité, 75006, Paris, France.,Hôpital Européen Georges-Pompidou (HEGP), Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 75015, Paris, France
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- Service d'Anatomie pathologique, AP-HP, Hôpital Tenon, Paris, France
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- Service de Génétique moléculaire, Pharmacogénétique et Hormonologie, Hôpital de Bicêtre, APHP, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.,Inserm UMR S1185, Faculté de médecine Paris sud, Université Paris sud, Université Paris Saclay, Paris, France
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- Service de Génétique moléculaire, Pharmacogénétique et Hormonologie, Hôpital de Bicêtre, APHP, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.,Inserm UMR S1185, Faculté de médecine Paris sud, Université Paris sud, Université Paris Saclay, Paris, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, Univ. Paris-Sud, UVSQ, CESP, Inserm UMRS1018, 94807, Villejuif, France
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- Service de Pneumologie, AP-HP, Hôpital Tenon, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, GRC-04, Théranoscan, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Descartes, Unité de cancérologie thoracique, Groupe Hospitalier Paris Saint-Joseph, Paris, France
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Halatek T, Stanislawska M, Kaminska I, Cieslak M, Swiercz R, Wasowicz W. The time-dependent health and biochemical effects in rats exposed to stainless steel welding dust and its soluble form. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH. PART A, TOXIC/HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 2017; 52:265-273. [PMID: 27901646 DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2016.1253397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Welding processes that generate fumes containing toxic metals, such as hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)), manganese (Mn), and nickel (Ni), have been implicated in lung injury, inflammation, and lung tumor promotion in animal models. The principal objective of this study was to determine the dynamics of toxic effects of inhalation exposure to morphologically rated welding dust from stainless steel welding and its soluble form in TSE System with a dynamic airflow. We assessed the pulmonary toxicity of welding dust in Wistar rats exposed to 60.0 mg/m3 of respirable-size welding dust (mean diameter 1.17 µm) for 2 weeks (6 h/day, 5 days/week); the aerosols were generated in the nose-only exposure chambers (NOEC). An additional aim included the study of the effect of betaine supplementation on oxidative deterioration in rat lung during 2 weeks of exposure to welding dust or water-soluble dust form. The animals were divided into eight groups (n = 8 per group): control, dust, betaine, betaine + dust, soluble-form dust, soluble-form dust + betaine, saline and saline + betaine groups. Rats were euthanized 1 or 2 weeks after the last exposure for assessment of pulmonary toxicity. Differential cell counts, total protein concentrations and cellular enzyme (lactate dehydrogenase-LDH) activities were determined in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid, and corticosterone and thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) concentrations were assessed in serum. The increase in polymorphonuclear (PMN) leukocytes in BAL fluid (a cytological index of inflammatory responses of the lung) is believed to reflect pulmonary toxicity of heavy metals. Biomarkers of toxicity assessed in bronchoalveolar fluids indicate that the level of the toxic effect depends mainly on the solubility of studied metal compounds; biomarkers that showed treatment effects included: total cell, neutrophil and lymphocyte counts, total protein concentrations, and cellular enzyme (lactate dehydrogenase) activity. Betaine supplementation at 250 mg/kg/day in all study rats groups attenuated stress indices, and corticosterone and TBARS serum levels, and simultaneously stimulated increase of polymorphonuclear cells in BALF of rats. The study confirmed deleterious effect of transitory metals and particles during experimental inhalation exposure to welding dusts, evidenced in the lungs and brain by increased levels of total protein, higher cellular influx, rise of LDH in BALF, elevated TBARS and increased corticosterone in serum of rats. Our result confirm also the hypothesis about the effect of the welding dusts on the oxidative stress responsible for disturbed systemic homeostasis and impairment of calcium regulation.
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- Tadeusz Halatek
- a Department of Toxicology and Carcinogenesis , Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine , Lodz , Poland
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- a Department of Toxicology and Carcinogenesis , Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine , Lodz , Poland
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- b Scientific Department of Unconventional Technologies and Textiles , Textile Research Institute , Lodz , Poland
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- b Scientific Department of Unconventional Technologies and Textiles , Textile Research Institute , Lodz , Poland
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- a Department of Toxicology and Carcinogenesis , Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine , Lodz , Poland
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- a Department of Toxicology and Carcinogenesis , Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine , Lodz , Poland
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Varied exposure to carcinogenic, mutagenic, and reprotoxic (CMR) chemicals in occupational settings in France. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 2017; 90:227-241. [DOI: 10.1007/s00420-016-1191-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2016] [Accepted: 12/20/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Kolena B, Petrovičová I, Šidlovská M, Pilka T, Neuschlová M, Valentová I, Rybanský L, Trnovec T. Occupational phthalate exposure and health outcomes among hairdressing apprentices. Hum Exp Toxicol 2016; 36:1100-1112. [PMID: 27852937 DOI: 10.1177/0960327116678295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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We studied occupational exposure to phthalates from first-morning-void urine sample of hairdressing apprentices by HPLC-MS/MS analyses and association with health status. Metabolites of mono(2-ethyl-5-hydroxyhexyl) phthalate (MEHHP), mono ethyl phthalate (MEP), mono- n-butyl phthalate (MnBP) and mono-iso-butyl phthalate (MiBP) were detected in all urine samples, followed by metabolites mono(2-ethyl-5-oxohexyl) phthalate (MEOHP) and mono(2-etylhexyl) phthalate (MEHP) occurring in 97.06% and 86.76% of samples, respectively. Positive associations for females were observed between MnBP and fat-free mass index (FFMI) and age; negative associations were found between MEHP, MEOHP, MEHHP, sum of MEHP, MEHHP, MEOHP and vital capacity and also between MEHP and forced vital capacity (FVC of predicted value (PV)). Lengths of exposure were associated to MnBP, MEHHP, and MEP. We also documented positive associations between anthropometry (body mass index, waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), FFMI, fat mass index) and pulmonary function FVC% of PV for females and negative associations between WHtR, waist-to-hip ratio, FFMI and ratio of forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) to FVC (FEV1/FVC). We assume that factors of occupational environment of hairdressing apprentices are affected by phthalates and resulted in negative outcomes in breathing mechanism and influence of body composition. Adipose tissue could play role as confounding factor in urine excretion of phthalates because of their lipid solubility and accumulation.
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- B Kolena
- 1 Department of Zoology and Anthropology, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Nitra, Slovakia
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- 1 Department of Zoology and Anthropology, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Nitra, Slovakia
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- 1 Department of Zoology and Anthropology, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Nitra, Slovakia
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- 1 Department of Zoology and Anthropology, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Nitra, Slovakia
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- 1 Department of Zoology and Anthropology, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Nitra, Slovakia
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- 1 Department of Zoology and Anthropology, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Nitra, Slovakia
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- 2 Department of Mathematics, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Nitra, Slovakia
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- 3 Department of Environmental Medicine, Slovak Medical University, Bratislava, Slovakia
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Bigert C, Gustavsson P, Straif K, Taeger D, Pesch B, Kendzia B, Schüz J, Stücker I, Guida F, Brüske I, Wichmann HE, Pesatori AC, Landi MT, Caporaso N, Tse LA, Ignatius Tak-sun Y, Siemiatycki J, Lavoué J, Richiardi L, Mirabelli D, Simonato L, Jöckel KH, Ahrens W, Pohlabeln H, Tardón A, Zaridze D, Field JK, Mannetje A‘, Pearce N, McLaughlin J, Demers P, Szeszenia-Dabrowska N, Lissowska J, Rudnai P, Fabianova E, Dumitru RS, Bencko V, Foretova L, Janout V, Boffetta P, Peters S, Vermeulen R, Kromhout H, Brüning T, Olsson AC. Lung Cancer Among Firefighters: Smoking-Adjusted Risk Estimates in a Pooled Analysis of Case-Control Studies. J Occup Environ Med 2016; 58:1137-1143. [PMID: 27820764 PMCID: PMC7254920 DOI: 10.1097/jom.0000000000000878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to explore lung cancer risk among firefighters, with adjustment for smoking. METHODS We used pooled information from the SYNERGY project including 14 case-control studies conducted in Europe, Canada, New Zealand, and China, with lifetime work histories and smoking habits for 14,748 cases of lung cancer and 17,543 controls. We estimated odds ratios by unconditional logistic regression with adjustment for smoking and having ever been employed in a job known to present an excess risk of lung cancer. RESULTS There was no increased lung cancer risk overall or by specific cell type among firefighters (n = 190), neither before nor after smoking adjustment. We observed no significant exposure-response relationship in terms of work duration. CONCLUSIONS We found no evidence of an excess lung cancer risk related to occupational exposure as a firefighter.
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- Carolina Bigert
- The Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- The Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- Institute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance – Institute of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (IPA), Germany
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- Institute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance – Institute of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (IPA), Germany
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- Institute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance – Institute of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (IPA), Germany
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- Inserm, Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health (CESP), U1018, Environmental Epidemiology of Cancer Team, F-94807, Villejuif, France
- Université Paris-Sud, UMRS 1018, F-94807, Villejuif, France
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- Inserm, Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health (CESP), U1018, Environmental Epidemiology of Cancer Team, F-94807, Villejuif, France
- Université Paris-Sud, UMRS 1018, F-94807, Villejuif, France
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- Institut für Epidemiologie I, Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, Chair of Epidemiology, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
- Helmholtz Center Munich, Institute of Epidemiology I, Germany
- Institute of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, Technical University Munich, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Università degli Studi di Milano and IRCCS Cá Granda Foundation, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Division of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Research Centre of University of Montréal Hospital Centre, University of Montréal, Montréal, Canada
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- Research Centre of University of Montréal Hospital Centre, University of Montréal, Montréal, Canada
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- Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology – BIPS, Bremen, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology – BIPS, Bremen, Germany
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- Roy Castle Lung Cancer Research Programme, Cancer Research Centre, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Centre for Public Health Research, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Centre for Public Health Research, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Occupational Cancer Research Centre, Cancer Care Ontario, Toronto, Canada
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- The M Sklodowska-Curie Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland
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- National Public Health Center, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Palacky University, Faculty of Medicine, Olomouc, Czech Republic
- Faculty of Medicine, Ostrava University, Ostrava, Czech Republic
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- The Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA
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- Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht, the Netherlands
- Occupational Respiratory Epidemiology, School of Population Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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- Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Institute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance – Institute of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (IPA), Germany
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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Mattei F, Liverani S, Guida F, Matrat M, Cenée S, Azizi L, Menvielle G, Sanchez M, Pilorget C, Lapôtre-Ledoux B, Luce D, Richardson S, Stücker I. Multidimensional analysis of the effect of occupational exposure to organic solvents on lung cancer risk: the ICARE study. Occup Environ Med 2016; 73:368-77. [PMID: 26911986 PMCID: PMC4893113 DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2015-103177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2015] [Revised: 01/22/2016] [Accepted: 02/05/2016] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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BACKGROUND The association between lung cancer and occupational exposure to organic solvents is discussed. Since different solvents are often used simultaneously, it is difficult to assess the role of individual substances. OBJECTIVES The present study is focused on an in-depth investigation of the potential association between lung cancer risk and occupational exposure to a large group of organic solvents, taking into account the well-known risk factors for lung cancer, tobacco smoking and occupational exposure to asbestos. METHODS We analysed data from the Investigation of occupational and environmental causes of respiratory cancers (ICARE) study, a large French population-based case-control study, set up between 2001 and 2007. A total of 2276 male cases and 2780 male controls were interviewed, and long-life occupational history was collected. In order to overcome the analytical difficulties created by multiple correlated exposures, we carried out a novel type of analysis based on Bayesian profile regression. RESULTS After analysis with conventional logistic regression methods, none of the 11 solvents examined were associated with lung cancer risk. Through a profile regression approach, we did not observe any significant association between solvent exposure and lung cancer. However, we identified clusters at high risk that are related to occupations known to be at risk of developing lung cancer, such as painters. CONCLUSIONS Organic solvents do not appear to be substantial contributors to the occupational risk of lung cancer for the occupations known to be at risk.
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- Francesca Mattei
- Université Paris Saclay, Univ. Paris-Sud, UVSQ, CESP, INSERM, Villejuif, France
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- Department of Mathematics, Brunel University London, Uxbridge, UK
- MRC Biostatistics Unit, Cambridge Institute of Public Health, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Imperial College London, MRC-PHE Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, London, UK
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- Université Paris Saclay, Univ. Paris-Sud, UVSQ, CESP, INSERM, Villejuif, France
- Faculty of Medicine IFR 10, University Paris Est-Créteil, Créteil, France
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- Université Paris Saclay, Univ. Paris-Sud, UVSQ, CESP, INSERM, Villejuif, France
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- University of Sydney, Sydney School of Public Health, Screening an Evaluation Test Program, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of social epidemiology, INSERM, UMR_S 1136, Pierre Louis Institute of Epidemiology and Public Health, Villejuif, France
- Department of social epidemiology, Sorbonne University, UPMC University of Paris 06, UMR_S 1136, Pierre Louis Institute of Epidemiology and Public Health, Villejuif, France
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- Université Paris Saclay, Univ. Paris-Sud, UVSQ, CESP, INSERM, Villejuif, France
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- French Institute for Public Health Surveillance, Saint-Maurice, France
- Epidemiological research and surveillance unit in transport, occupation and environment, Claude Bernard Lyon1 University, Lyon, France
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- INSERM, U 1085_IRSET, Pointe-à-Pitre, France
- University of Rennes 1, Rennes, France
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- MRC Biostatistics Unit, Cambridge Institute of Public Health, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK
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- Université Paris Saclay, Univ. Paris-Sud, UVSQ, CESP, INSERM, Villejuif, France
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Lacourt A, Pintos J, Lavoué J, Richardson L, Siemiatycki J. Lung cancer risk among workers in the construction industry: results from two case-control studies in Montreal. BMC Public Health 2015; 15:941. [PMID: 26395169 PMCID: PMC4580354 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-2237-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2015] [Accepted: 09/07/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Given the large number of workers in the construction industry, it is important to derive accurate and valid estimates of cancer risk, and in particular lung cancer risk. In most previous studies, risks among construction workers were compared with general populations including blue and white collar workers. The main objectives of this study were to assess whether construction workers experience excess lung cancer risk, and whether exposure to selected construction industry exposures carries excess risks. We wished to address these objectives within the sub-population of blue collar workers. METHODS Two case-control studies were conducted in Montreal. Combined, they included 1593 lung cancer cases and 1427 controls, of whom 1304 cases and 1081 controls had been blue collar workers. Detailed lifetime job histories were obtained and translated by experts into histories of exposure to chemical agents. The two key analyses were to estimate odds ratio (OR) estimates of lung cancer risk: a) for all blue-collar construction workers compared with other blue-collar workers, and b) for construction workers exposed to each of 20 exposure agents found in the construction industry compared with construction workers unexposed to those agents. All analyses were conducted using unconditional logistic regression adjusted for socio-demographic factors and smoking history. RESULTS The OR for all construction workers combined was 1.11 (95 % CI: 0.90-1.38), based on 381 blue collar construction workers. Analyses of specific exposures were hampered by small numbers and imprecise estimates. While none of 20 occupational agents examined was significantly associated with lung cancer, the following agents manifested non-significantly elevated ORs: asbestos, silica, Portland cement, soil dust, calcium oxide and calcium sulfate. CONCLUSIONS Compared with other blue collar workers, there was only a slight increased risk of lung cancer for subjects who ever held an occupation in the construction industry. The analyses of agents within the construction industry produced imprecise estimates of risk, but nevertheless pointed to some plausible associations. Excess risks for asbestos and silica were in line with previous knowledge. The possible excess risks with the other inorganic dusts require further corroboration.
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- Aude Lacourt
- University of Montreal Hospital Research Center (CRCHUM), 850 rue St-Denis, Montreal, Qc, H2X 0A9, Canada.
- Université de Bordeaux, ISPED, Centre INSERM U897-Epidemiologie-Biostatistique, F-33000, Bordeaux, France.
- INSERM, ISPED, Centre INSERM U897-Epidemiologie-Biostatistique, F-33000, Bordeaux, France.
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- University of Montreal Hospital Research Center (CRCHUM), 850 rue St-Denis, Montreal, Qc, H2X 0A9, Canada.
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- University of Montreal Hospital Research Center (CRCHUM), 850 rue St-Denis, Montreal, Qc, H2X 0A9, Canada.
- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada.
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- University of Montreal Hospital Research Center (CRCHUM), 850 rue St-Denis, Montreal, Qc, H2X 0A9, Canada.
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- University of Montreal Hospital Research Center (CRCHUM), 850 rue St-Denis, Montreal, Qc, H2X 0A9, Canada.
- Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada.
- Guzzo-Cancer Research Society Chair in Environment and Cancer, School of Public Health, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada.
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Occupational Exposure to Diesel Motor Exhaust and Lung Cancer: A Dose-Response Relationship Hidden by Asbestos Exposure Adjustment? The ICARE Study. J Cancer Epidemiol 2015; 2015:879302. [PMID: 26425123 PMCID: PMC4573883 DOI: 10.1155/2015/879302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2015] [Revised: 05/13/2015] [Accepted: 05/14/2015] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Background. In a French large population-based case-control study we investigated the dose-response relationship between lung cancer and occupational exposure to diesel motor exhaust (DME), taking into account asbestos exposure. Methods. Exposure to DME was assessed by questionnaire. Asbestos was taken into account through a global indicator of exposure to occupational carcinogens or by a specific JEM. Results. We found a crude dose response relationship with most of the indicators of DME exposure, including with the cumulative exposure index. All results were affected by adjustment for asbestos exposure. The dose response relationships between DME and lung cancer were observed among subjects never exposed to asbestos. Conclusions. Exposure to DME and to asbestos is frequently found among the same subjects, which may explain why dose-response relationships in previous studies that adjusted for asbestos exposure were inconsistent.
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Bigert C, Gustavsson P, Straif K, Pesch B, Brüning T, Kendzia B, Schüz J, Stücker I, Guida F, Brüske I, Wichmann HE, Pesatori AC, Landi MT, Caporaso N, Tse LA, Yu ITS, Siemiatycki J, Pintos J, Merletti F, Mirabelli D, Simonato L, Jöckel KH, Ahrens W, Pohlabeln H, Tardón A, Zaridze D, Field J, 't Mannetje A, Pearce N, McLaughlin J, Demers P, Szeszenia-Dabrowska N, Lissowska J, Rudnai P, Fabianova E, Dumitru RS, Bencko V, Foretova L, Janout V, Boffetta P, Forastiere F, Bueno-de-Mesquita B, Peters S, Vermeulen R, Kromhout H, Olsson AC. Lung cancer risk among cooks when accounting for tobacco smoking: a pooled analysis of case-control studies from Europe, Canada, New Zealand, and China. J Occup Environ Med 2015; 57:202-9. [PMID: 25654522 PMCID: PMC7508228 DOI: 10.1097/jom.0000000000000337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To investigate the risk of lung cancer among cooks, while controlling for smoking habits. METHODS We used data from the SYNERGY project including pooled information on lifetime work histories and smoking habits from 16 case-control studies conducted in Europe, Canada, New Zealand, and China. RESULTS Before adjustment for smoking, we observed an increased risk of lung cancer in male cooks, but not in female cooks. After adjusting, there was no increased risk and no significant exposure-response relationship. Nevertheless, subgroup analyses highlighted some possible excess risks of squamous cell carcinoma and small cell carcinoma in female cooks. CONCLUSIONS There is evidence that lung cancer risks among cooks may be confounded by smoking. After adjustment, cooks did not experience an increased risk of lung cancer overall. The subgroup analyses showing some excess risks among female cooks require cautious interpretation.
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- Carolina Bigert
- From the Institute of Environmental Medicine (Drs Bigert and Gustavsson), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; International Agency for Research on Cancer (Drs Straif, Schüz, and Olsson), Lyon, France; Institute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance-Institute of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (IPA) (Drs Pesch and Brüning, Mr Kendzia), Germany; Inserm, Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health (CESP) (Drs Stücker and Guida), U1018, Environmental Epidemiology of Cancer Team, F-94807, Villejuif, France; Université Paris-Sud (Drs Stücker and Guida), UMRS 1018, F-94807, Villejuif, France; Institut für Epidemiologie I (Drs Brüske and Wichmann), Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt, Neuherberg, Germany; Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health (Dr Pesatori), Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy; National Cancer Institute (Drs Landi and Caporaso), Bethesda, MD; Division of Occupational and Environmental Health (Drs Tse and Yu), School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China; Research Centre of University of Montréal Hospital Centre (Drs Siemiatycki and Pintos), University of Montréal, Canada; Cancer Epidemiology Unit (Drs Merletti and Mirabelli), Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Italy; Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health (Dr Simonato), University of Padua, Italy; Institute for Medical Informatics (Dr Jöckel), Biometry and Epidemiology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany; Bremen Institute for Prevention Research and Social Medicine (Drs Ahrens and Pohlabeln), Bremen, Germany; CIBERESP (Dr Tardón), University of Oviedo, Spain; Russian Cancer Research Centre (Dr Zaridze), Moscow, Russia; Roy Castle Lung Cancer Research Programme, Cancer Research Centre (Dr Field), University of Liverpool, UK; Centre for Public Health Research (Drs Mannetje and Pearce), Massey University, Wellingt
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Consonni D, Matteis SD, Pesatori AC, Bertazzi PA, Olsson AC, Kromhout H, Peters S, Vermeulen RCH, Pesch B, Brüning T, Kendzia B, Behrens T, Stücker I, Guida F, Wichmann HE, Brüske I, Landi MT, Caporaso NE, Gustavsson P, Plato N, Tse LA, Yu ITS, Jöckel KH, Ahrens W, Pohlabeln H, Merletti F, Richiardi L, Simonato L, Forastiere F, Siemiatycki J, Parent MÉ, Tardón A, Boffetta P, Zaridze D, Chen Y, Field JK, 't Mannetje A, Pearce N, McLaughlin J, Demers P, Lissowska J, Szeszenia-Dabrowska N, Bencko V, Foretova L, Janout V, Rudnai P, Fabiánová E, Stanescu Dumitru R, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, Schüz J, Straif K. Lung cancer risk among bricklayers in a pooled analysis of case-control studies. Int J Cancer 2015; 136:360-71. [PMID: 24861979 PMCID: PMC4477910 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.28986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2014] [Revised: 04/11/2014] [Accepted: 04/24/2014] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Bricklayers may be exposed to several lung carcinogens, including crystalline silica and asbestos. Previous studies that analyzed lung cancer risk among these workers had several study design limitations. We examined lung cancer risk among bricklayers within SYNERGY, a large international pooled analysis of case-control studies on lung cancer and the joint effects of occupational carcinogens. For men ever employed as bricklayers we estimated odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) adjusted for study center, age, lifetime smoking history and employment in occupations with exposures to known or suspected lung carcinogens. Among 15,608 cases and 18,531 controls, there were 695 cases and 469 controls who had ever worked as bricklayers (OR: 1.47; 95% CI: 1.28-1.68). In studies using population controls the OR was 1.55 (95% CI: 1.32-1.81, 540/349 cases/controls), while it was 1.24 (95% CI: 0.93-1.64, 155/120 cases/controls) in hospital-based studies. There was a clear positive trend with length of employment (p < 0.001). The relative risk was higher for squamous (OR: 1.68, 95% CI: 1.42-1.98, 309 cases) and small cell carcinomas (OR: 1.78, 95% CI: 1.44-2.20, 140 cases), than for adenocarcinoma (OR: 1.17, 95% CI: 0.95-1.43, 150 cases) (p-homogeneity: 0.0007). ORs were still elevated after additional adjustment for education and in analyses using blue collar workers as referents. This study provided robust evidence of increased lung cancer risk in bricklayers. Although non-causal explanations cannot be completely ruled out, the association is plausible in view of the potential for exposure to several carcinogens, notably crystalline silica and to a lesser extent asbestos.
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- Dario Consonni
- Epidemiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda—Ospedale Maggiore PoliclinicoMilan, Italy
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- National Heart & Lung Institute, Respiratory Epidemiology, Occupational Medicine and Public Health, Imperial College LondonLondon, United Kingdom
- Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Università degli Studi di MilanoMilan, Italy
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- Epidemiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda—Ospedale Maggiore PoliclinicoMilan, Italy
- Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Università degli Studi di MilanoMilan, Italy
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- Epidemiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda—Ospedale Maggiore PoliclinicoMilan, Italy
- Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Università degli Studi di MilanoMilan, Italy
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- International Agency for Research on CancerLyon, France
- The Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska InstitutetStockholm, Sweden
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- Institute for Risk Assessment SciencesUtrecht, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Risk Assessment SciencesUtrecht, The Netherlands
- Occupational Respiratory Epidemiology, School of Population Health, University of Western AustraliaPerth, Australia
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- Institute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance—Institute of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (IPA)Bochum, Germany
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- Institute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance—Institute of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (IPA)Bochum, Germany
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- Institute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance—Institute of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (IPA)Bochum, Germany
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- Institute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance—Institute of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (IPA)Bochum, Germany
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- INSERM, Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health (CESP), U1018, Environmental Epidemiology of Cancer TeamVillejuif, Paris, France
- Université Paris-Sud, UMRS 1018Villejuif, Paris, France
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- INSERM, Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health (CESP), U1018, Environmental Epidemiology of Cancer TeamVillejuif, Paris, France
- Université Paris-Sud, UMRS 1018Villejuif, Paris, France
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- Institut für Epidemiologie I, Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und UmweltNeuherberg, Germany
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- Institut für Epidemiologie I, Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und UmweltNeuherberg, Germany
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- The Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska InstitutetStockholm, Sweden
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- The Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska InstitutetStockholm, Sweden
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- School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong, China
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- School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong, China
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry, and Epidemiology, University Hospital, University Duisburg-EssenEssen, Germany
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- Leibniz-Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology—BIPSBremen, Germany
- Institute for Statistics, University BremenBremen, Germany
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- Leibniz-Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology—BIPSBremen, Germany
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- Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, CPO-PiemonteTurin, Italy
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- Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, CPO-PiemonteTurin, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Università degli Studi di PadovaPadua, Italy
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- University of Montreal Hospital Research Center (CRCHUM) and School of Public HealthMontréal, Canada
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- Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit, INRS-Institut Armand-FrappierLaval, Canada
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- Universidad de Oviedo and Ciber de Epidemiologia y Salud Publica (CIBERESP)Oviedo, Spain
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- The Tisch Cancer Institute, Mount Sinai School of MedicineNew York, NY
- International Prevention Research InstituteLyon, France
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- Lung Cancer Research Programme, The University of Liverpool Cancer Research Centre, Department of Molecular and Clinical Cancer MedicineLiverpool, United Kingdom
- Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Research Institute for Primary Care & Health Sciences, Keele UniversityStaffordshire, United Kingdom
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- Lung Cancer Research Programme, The University of Liverpool Cancer Research Centre, Department of Molecular and Clinical Cancer MedicineLiverpool, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Public Health Research, Massey UniversityWellington, New Zealand
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- Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical MedicineLondon, United Kingdom
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- Occupational Cancer Research Centre, Cancer Care OntarioToronto, Canada
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- The M Sklodowska-Curie Cancer Center and Institute of OncologyWarsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles UniversityPrague, Czech Republic
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- Palacky University, Faculty of MedicineOlomouc, Czech Republic
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- National Institute of Environment HealthBudapest, Hungary
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- National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), BilthovenThe Netherlands
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Medical CentreUtrecht, The Netherlands
- The School of Public Health, Imperial College LondonLondon, United Kingdom
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- International Agency for Research on CancerLyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on CancerLyon, France
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Mattei F, Guida F, Matrat M, Cenée S, Cyr D, Sanchez M, Radoi L, Menvielle G, Jellouli F, Carton M, Bara S, Marrer E, Luce D, Stücker I. Exposure to chlorinated solvents and lung cancer: results of the ICARE study. Occup Environ Med 2014; 71:681-9. [DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2014-102182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Pollution in the working place and social status: co-factors in lung cancer carcinogenesis. Lung Cancer 2014; 85:346-50. [PMID: 24999084 DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2014.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2014] [Revised: 05/27/2014] [Accepted: 06/16/2014] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Apart from the association with tobacco consumption, other factors of importance for prevention and early diagnosis of lung cancer have received little attention. We present a case-control study focusing on professional exposure to carcinogens and social status. METHODS A written questionnaire was completed by 551 consecutive patients with lung cancer and 494 patients with large bowel cancer. The groups were balanced regarding gender and age distribution. The questionnaire included data on place of birth, education, smoking history, diet and alcohol intake, body weight and height, occupation, housing conditions and family income. According to standard epidemiological criteria, professional exposure to carcinogens was classified as professions with exposure to confirmed lung cancer carcinogens, professions with exposure to suspected lung cancer carcinogens and other professions. RESULTS As expected, there were significant differences between the two groups regarding smoking status. While there were no significant differences in educational levels, more immigrants were among patients with lung cancer (17.9% vs 11.6%, p=0.005). On average, lung cancer patients had a lower body mass index (BMI) at 24.77, as compared to 26.14 for large bowel cancer (p=0.000). Lung cancer patients had lower income and poorer housing conditions; the bivariate difference was significant both for income levels (p=0.046) and type of residence (p=0.009). The proportion of patients working in professions with exposures to known carcinogens was 33.5% for lung cancer, and 17.1% for large bowel cancer (p=0.000). In the multivariate analysis, smoking (p=0.000), BMI (p=0.000) and type of occupation (p=0.001) were significant factors. CONCLUSIONS While there is no doubt about smoking in lung cancer carcinogenesis, professional exposure to carcinogens and belonging to lower socio-economic strata also play an important role.
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Papadopoulos A, Guida F, Leffondré K, Cénée S, Cyr D, Schmaus A, Radoï L, Paget-Bailly S, Carton M, Menvielle G, Woronoff AS, Tretarre B, Luce D, Stücker I. Heavy smoking and lung cancer: are women at higher risk? Result of the ICARE study. Br J Cancer 2014; 110:1385-91. [PMID: 24423926 PMCID: PMC3950853 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2013.821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2013] [Revised: 12/09/2013] [Accepted: 12/10/2013] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Background: Whether women are more or equally susceptible to the carcinogenic effects of cigarette smoke on the lungs compared with men is a matter of controversy. Using a large French population-based case–control study, we compared the lung cancer risk associated with cigarette smoking by gender. Methods: The study included 2276 male and 650 female cases and 2780 male and 775 female controls. Lifetime smoking exposure was represented by the comprehensive smoking index (CSI), which combines the duration, intensity and time since cessation of smoking habits. The analysis was conducted among the ever smokers. All of the models were adjusted for age, department (a regional administrative unit), education and occupational exposures. Results: Overall, we found that the lung cancer risk was similar among men and women. However, we found that women had a two-fold greater risk associated with a one-unit increase in CSI than men of developing either small cell carcinoma (OR=15.9, 95% confidence interval (95% CI) 7.6, 33.3 and 6.6, 95% CI 5.1, 8.5, respectively; P<0.05) or squamous cell carcinoma (OR=13.1, 95% CI 6.3, 27.3 and 6.1, 95% CI 5.0, 7.3, respectively; P<0.05). The association was similar between men and women for adenocarcinoma. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that heavy smoking might confer to women a higher risk of lung cancer as compared with men.
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- A Papadopoulos
- 1] Environmental Epidemiology of Cancer, CESP Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health, U1018, Inserm, 94807 Villejuif, France [2] Université Paris Sud 11, UMRS 1018, 94807 Villejuif, France
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- 1] Environmental Epidemiology of Cancer, CESP Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health, U1018, Inserm, 94807 Villejuif, France [2] Université Paris Sud 11, UMRS 1018, 94807 Villejuif, France
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- Université Bordeaux Segalen, Inserm U897, 33076 Bordeaux, France
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- 1] Environmental Epidemiology of Cancer, CESP Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health, U1018, Inserm, 94807 Villejuif, France [2] Université Paris Sud 11, UMRS 1018, 94807 Villejuif, France
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- Université de Versailles St-Quentin, UMRS 1018, 94807 Villejuif, France
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- 1] Environmental Epidemiology of Cancer, CESP Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health, U1018, Inserm, 94807 Villejuif, France [2] Université de Versailles St-Quentin, UMRS 1018, 94807 Villejuif, France
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- 1] Environmental Epidemiology of Cancer, CESP Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health, U1018, Inserm, 94807 Villejuif, France [2] Université de Versailles St-Quentin, UMRS 1018, 94807 Villejuif, France
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- 1] Environmental Epidemiology of Cancer, CESP Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health, U1018, Inserm, 94807 Villejuif, France [2] Université de Versailles St-Quentin, UMRS 1018, 94807 Villejuif, France
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- Université de Versailles St-Quentin, UMRS 1018, 94807 Villejuif, France
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- 1] Environmental Epidemiology of Cancer, CESP Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health, U1018, Inserm, 94807 Villejuif, France [2] Université de Versailles St-Quentin, UMRS 1018, 94807 Villejuif, France
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- Registre des tumeurs du Doubs et du Territoire de Belfort, CHU Saint Jacques, Besançon, France
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- Registre des cancers de l'Hérault, Montpellier, France
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- 1] Environmental Epidemiology of Cancer, CESP Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health, U1018, Inserm, 94807 Villejuif, France [2] Université de Versailles St-Quentin, UMRS 1018, 94807 Villejuif, France
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- 1] Environmental Epidemiology of Cancer, CESP Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health, U1018, Inserm, 94807 Villejuif, France [2] Université Paris Sud 11, UMRS 1018, 94807 Villejuif, France
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Kendzia B, Behrens T, Jöckel KH, Siemiatycki J, Kromhout H, Vermeulen R, Peters S, Van Gelder R, Olsson A, Brüske I, Wichmann HE, Stücker I, Guida F, Tardón A, Merletti F, Mirabelli D, Richiardi L, Pohlabeln H, Ahrens W, Landi MT, Caporaso N, Consonni D, Zaridze D, Szeszenia-Dabrowska N, Lissowska J, Gustavsson P, Marcus M, Fabianova E, 't Mannetje A, Pearce N, Tse LA, Yu ITS, Rudnai P, Bencko V, Janout V, Mates D, Foretova L, Forastiere F, McLaughlin J, Demers P, Bueno-de-Mesquita B, Boffetta P, Schüz J, Straif K, Pesch B, Brüning T. Welding and lung cancer in a pooled analysis of case-control studies. Am J Epidemiol 2013; 178:1513-25. [PMID: 24052544 DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwt201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Several epidemiologic studies have indicated an increased risk of lung cancer among welders. We used the SYNERGY project database to assess welding as a risk factor for developing lung cancer. The database includes data on 15,483 male lung cancer cases and 18,388 male controls from 16 studies in Europe, Canada, China, and New Zealand conducted between 1985 and 2010. Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals between regular or occasional welding and lung cancer were estimated, with adjustment for smoking, age, study center, and employment in other occupations associated with lung cancer risk. Overall, 568 cases and 427 controls had ever worked as welders and had an odds ratio of developing lung cancer of 1.44 (95% confidence interval: 1.25, 1.67) with the odds ratio increasing for longer duration of welding. In never and light smokers, the odds ratio was 1.96 (95% confidence interval: 1.37, 2.79). The odds ratios were somewhat higher for squamous and small cell lung cancers than for adenocarcinoma. Another 1,994 cases and 1,930 controls had ever worked in occupations with occasional welding. Work in any of these occupations was associated with some elevation of risk, though not as much as observed in regular welders. Our findings lend further support to the hypothesis that welding is associated with an increased risk of lung cancer.
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Schernhammer ES, Feskanich D, Liang G, Han J. Rotating night-shift work and lung cancer risk among female nurses in the United States. Am J Epidemiol 2013; 178:1434-41. [PMID: 24049158 DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwt155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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The risk of lung cancer among night-shift workers is unknown. Over 20 years of follow-up (1988-2008), we documented 1,455 incident lung cancers among 78,612 women in the Nurses' Health Study. To examine the relationship between rotating night-shift work and lung cancer risk, we used multivariate Cox proportional hazard models adjusted for detailed smoking characteristics and other risk factors. We observed a 28% increased risk of lung cancer among women with 15 or more years spent working rotating night shifts (multivariate relative risk (RR) = 1.28, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.07, 1.53; Ptrend = 0.03) compared with women who did not work any night shifts. This association was strongest for small-cell lung carcinomas (multivariate RR = 1.56, 95% CI: 0.99, 2.47; Ptrend = 0.03) and was not observed for adenocarcinomas of the lung (multivariate RR = 0.91, 95% CI: 0.67, 1.24; Ptrend = 0.40). Further, the increased risk associated with 15 or more years of rotating night-shift work was limited to current smokers (RR = 1.61, 95% CI: 1.21, 2.13; Ptrend < 0.001), with no association seen in nonsmokers (Pinteraction = 0.03). These results suggest that there are modestly increased risks of lung cancer associated with extended periods of night-shift work among smokers but not among nonsmokers. Though it is possible that this observation was residually confounded by smoking, our findings could also provide evidence of circadian disruption as a "second hit" in the etiology of smoking-related lung tumors.
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Olsson AC, Xu Y, Schüz J, Vlaanderen J, Kromhout H, Vermeulen R, Peters S, Stücker I, Guida F, Brüske I, Wichmann HE, Consonni D, Landi MT, Caporaso N, Tse LA, Yu ITS, Siemiatycki J, Richardson L, Mirabelli D, Richiardi L, Simonato L, Gustavsson P, Plato N, Jöckel KH, Ahrens W, Pohlabeln H, Tardón A, Zaridze D, Marcus MW, 't Mannetje A, Pearce N, McLaughlin J, Demers P, Szeszenia-Dabrowska N, Lissowska J, Rudnai P, Fabianova E, Dumitru RS, Bencko V, Foretova L, Janout V, Boffetta P, Fortes C, Bueno-de-Mesquita B, Kendzia B, Behrens T, Pesch B, Brüning T, Straif K. Lung cancer risk among hairdressers: a pooled analysis of case-control studies conducted between 1985 and 2010. Am J Epidemiol 2013; 178:1355-65. [PMID: 24068200 DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwt119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Increased lung cancer risks among hairdressers were observed in large registry-based cohort studies from Scandinavia, but these studies could not adjust for smoking. Our objective was to evaluate the lung cancer risk among hairdressers while adjusting for smoking and other confounders in a pooled database of 16 case-control studies conducted in Europe, Canada, China, and New Zealand between 1985 and 2010 (the Pooled Analysis of Case-Control Studies on the Joint Effects of Occupational Carcinogens in the Development of Lung Cancer). Lifetime occupational and smoking information was collected through interviews with 19,369 cases of lung cancer and 23,674 matched population or hospital controls. Overall, 170 cases and 167 controls had ever worked as hairdresser or barber. The odds ratios for lung cancer in women were 1.65 (95% confidence interval (CI): 1.16, 2.35) without adjustment for smoking and 1.12 (95% CI: 0.75, 1.68) with adjustment for smoking; however, women employed before 1954 also experienced an increased lung cancer risk after adjustment for smoking (odds ratio = 2.66, 95% CI: 1.09, 6.47). The odds ratios in male hairdressers/barbers were generally not elevated, except for an increased odds ratio for adenocarcinoma in long-term barbers (odds ratio = 2.20, 95% CI: 1.02, 4.77). Our results suggest that the increased lung cancer risks among hairdressers are due to their smoking behavior; single elevated risk estimates should be interpreted with caution and need replication in other studies.
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Repérage des expositions professionnelles chez les patients atteints de cancers bronchopulmonaires. Bull Cancer 2013; 100:661-70. [DOI: 10.1684/bdc.2013.1783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Baser S, Duzce O, Evyapan F, Akdag B, Ozkurt S, Kiter G. Occupational exposure and thoracic malignancies, is there a relationship? J Occup Health 2013; 55:301-6. [PMID: 23796595 DOI: 10.1539/joh.13-0097-fs] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of occupational exposure in the occurrence of lung cancer. METHOD Three-hundred lung cancer cases diagnosed between September 1, 1999, and September 31, 2007, and 300 healthy controls were enrolled in this case-control study. Life-long occupational history, gender, age, exposure to asbestos, comorbidities, and smoking status were collected. RESULTS The mean age of the 300 lung cancer cases was 60.3 ± 9.9 year (91.7% male and 8.3% female), and the mean age of healthy control group was 60.4 ± 10.5 year (95.0% male and 5.0% female). The most frequent histological types were squamous (172, 57.3%), adeno (69, 23.1%), and small cell (37, 12.3%). There was an increased risk of lung cancer occurrence among agriculture workers (OR=1.89, 95% Cl=1.17-2.98) (p=0.009). Inorganic dust exposure (OR=1.81, 95% Cl=1.0-3.25) (p=0.049) and organic dust exposure (OR=1.89, 95% Cl=1.0-3.59) (p=0.05) were found to be related with high frequency of having lung cancer. CONCLUSION Workers who had occupational exposure to organic and inorganic dust, especially in the agricultural field, had higher risk of lung cancer occurrence when compared with office workers.
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Pamukkale University Medical Faculty
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Andujar P, Pairon JC, Renier A, Descatha A, Hysi I, Abd-Alsamad I, Billon-Galland MA, Blons H, Clin B, Danel C, Debrosse D, Galateau-Sallé F, Housset B, Laurent-Puig P, Le Pimpec-Barthes F, Letourneux M, Monnet I, Régnard JF, Validire P, Zucman-Rossi J, Jaurand MC, Jean D. Differential mutation profiles and similar intronic TP53 polymorphisms in asbestos-related lung cancer and pleural mesothelioma. Mutagenesis 2013; 28:323-331. [DOI: 10.1093/mutage/get008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023] Open
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The greatest risk by far for developing lung cancer is cigarette smoking, but age, radon exposure, environmental pollution, occupational exposures, gender, race, and pre-existing lung disease also are important contributors. However, not all people with these risk factors develop lung cancer, and some without any known risk factor do, indicating the importance of genetic influences. Future advances in understanding and treating lung cancer will be based on genetic analysis. The most effective preventive measure is to never start or to stop cigarette smoking.
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- Patricia de Groot
- Division of Diagnostic Imaging, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Unit 1478, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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Clin B, Andujar P, Abd Al Samad I, Azpitarte C, Le Pimpec-Barthes F, Billon-Galland MA, Danel C, Galateau-Salle F, Housset B, Legrand-Cattan K, Matrat M, Monnet I, Riquet M, Pairon JC. Pulmonary carcinoid tumors and asbestos exposure. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 56:789-95. [PMID: 22562831 DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mes017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The hypothesis that asbestos exposure may have more specific associations with particular histological types of lung cancer remains controversial. The aim of this study was to analyze the relationships between asbestos exposure and pulmonary carcinoid tumors. METHODS A retrospective case-control study was conducted in 28 cases undergoing surgery for pulmonary carcinoid tumors and aged >40 years and in 56 controls with lung cancer of a different histological type, matched for gender and age, from 1994 to 1999, recruited in two hospitals in the region of Paris. Asbestos exposure was assessed via expertise of a standardized occupational questionnaire and mineralogical analysis of lung tissue, with quantification of asbestos bodies (AB). RESULTS Definite asbestos exposure was identified in 25% of cases and 14% of controls (ns). Cumulative asbestos exposure was significantly higher in cases than in controls (P < 0.05), and results of the quantification of AB tended to be higher in cases than in controls (24 and 9% had >1000 AB per gram dry lung tissue, respectively, P = 0.09). Mean cumulative smoking was lower in cases than in controls (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS This study argues in favor of a relationship between asbestos exposure and certain pulmonary carcinoid tumors.
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- Bénédicte Clin
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U955, Equipe 4, Créteil 94000, France.
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De Matteis S, Consonni D, Lubin JH, Tucker M, Peters S, Vermeulen RC, Kromhout H, Bertazzi PA, Caporaso NE, Pesatori AC, Wacholder S, Landi MT. Impact of occupational carcinogens on lung cancer risk in a general population. Int J Epidemiol 2012; 41:711-21. [PMID: 22467291 DOI: 10.1093/ije/dys042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Exposure to occupational carcinogens is an important preventable cause of lung cancer. Most of the previous studies were in highly exposed industrial cohorts. Our aim was to quantify lung cancer burden attributable to occupational carcinogens in a general population. METHODS We applied a new job-exposure matrix (JEM) to translate lifetime work histories, collected by personal interview and coded into standard job titles, into never, low and high exposure levels for six known/suspected occupational lung carcinogens in the Environment and Genetics in Lung cancer Etiology (EAGLE) population-based case-control study, conducted in Lombardy region, Italy, in 2002-05. Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated in men (1537 cases and 1617 controls), by logistic regression adjusted for potential confounders, including smoking and co-exposure to JEM carcinogens. The population attributable fraction (PAF) was estimated as impact measure. RESULTS Men showed an increased lung cancer risk even at low exposure to asbestos (OR: 1.76; 95% CI: 1.42-2.18), crystalline silica (OR: 1.31; 95% CI: 1.00-1.71) and nickel-chromium (OR: 1.18; 95% CI: 0.90-1.53); risk increased with exposure level. For polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, an increased risk (OR: 1.64; 95% CI: 0.99-2.70) was found only for high exposures. The PAFs for any exposure to asbestos, silica and nickel-chromium were 18.1, 5.7 and 7.0%, respectively, equivalent to an overall PAF of 22.5% (95% CI: 14.1-30.0). This corresponds to about 1016 (95% CI: 637-1355) male lung cancer cases/year in Lombardy. CONCLUSIONS These findings support the substantial role of selected occupational carcinogens on lung cancer burden, even at low exposures, in a general population.
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- Sara De Matteis
- Unit of Epidemiology, Department of Preventive Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico and EPOCA Research Centre, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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