Occupational risk factors for breast cancer among women in Shanghai

Petralia, Sandra A.; Chow, Wong Ho; McLaughlin, Joseph K.; Jin, Fan; Gao, Yu Tang; Dosemeci, Mustafa

doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(199811)34:5<477::aid-ajim8>3.0.co;2-n

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“…Results from a study among Icelandic nurses also showed a positive gradient for breast cancer incidence by increasing time since graduation (14). An association between working as a nurse and an excess of breast cancer is in agreement with results from some previous studies including nurses (1,(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20), although not all of the results have been consistent (21,22).…”

Section: Period Of First Employmentsupporting

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Cancer risk among 43 000 Norwegian nurses

Lie¹,

Andersen²,

Kjærheim³

2007

Scand J Work Environ Health

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Section: Period Of First Employmentsupporting

confidence: 86%

Cancer risk among 43 000 Norwegian nurses

Lie¹,

Andersen²,

Kjærheim³

2007

Scand J Work Environ Health

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“…Many of the studies used a broad definition of exposure based on either occupations (25,28,(31)(32)(33)(34) or qualitative job-exposure matrices (35)(36)(37)(38)(39). Some of these studies found evidence for an increased risk with potential exposure to EMFs (25,28,31,(35)(36)(37), whereas others did not (32,33; 38, 39).lnterestingly, the few studies incorporating quantitative exposure measurements found little to no evidence for an elevated breast cancer risk (40)(41)(42), largely consistent with the results of our study.…”

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Population-Based Case-Control Study of Occupational Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields and Breast Cancer

Wijngaarden

Nylander‐French

Millikan

et al. 2001

Annals of Epidemiology

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PURPOSE: This population-based case-control study examined occupational exposure to electromagnetic fields in relation to female breast cancer incidence among 843 breast cancer cases and 773 controls. METIIODS: Exposure was classified based on work in the two longest-held jobs. and indices of cumu1at ive exposure to magnetic fields based on a measurement survey. , RESULTS: Female breast cancer was not associated with employment as an office or industrial worker. For the total study population, cumulative exposure ove~the entire career, and in the past 0-10 and 10-20 years generally showed odds mtios (ORs) close to the null Moderately elevated risks were found for intermediate but not high levels of cumulative exposure accumulated 20 or more yean; ago (OR == 1.5i 95% CI ::::1.1-2.0). Associations were stronger for premenopausal women (OR = 1.7; 95% CI = 1.1-2.7) in the past 10-20 years, and those with estrogen-receptor positive (ER +) breast tumorS (OR = 2.06; 95% CI 0:: 1.1-4.0). No consistent dose-response patterns were observed.CONCLUSIONS: These findings give little support to the hypothesiS that electromagnetic fields cause cancer of the female breast.Ann Epidemio! 2oql;

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“…Some studies have suggested that the high socioeconomic status, i.e. occupational status, was related to high risks of breast cancer [17][18][19][20][21] . One of the most consistent results of previous studies was that increased risk of breast cancer was found among women with professional and managerial occupations [21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28] .…”

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A Proportionate Cancer Morbidity Ratio Study of Workers Exposed to Chlorinated Organic Solvents in Taiwan

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We initiated an investigation to examine the possible association between the cancer risk and the chlorinated organic solvents exposure in an electronic factory. To obtain information on the incidence of the various types of cancer among the exposed and comparison groups, the cohort populations were merged with the National Mortality Database, the National Cancer Registry Database, and the National Insurance Hospitalization Database from the Department of Health (DOH), as well as the Labor Insurance Hospitalization Database from the Bureau of Labor Insurance (BLI). The proportionate cancer morbidity ratio (PCMR) was used to estimate the cancer risk of the exposed workers in comparison with either textile workers or electronics workers. After adjustment for age, only the PCMR for breast cancer in the exposed female employees was significantly elevated when compared with the two comparison groups. The increased risk of breast cancer was mainly found in the category of 1989-1997 for year of diagnosis when stratified by calendar year. However, there was no dose-response relationship between female breast cancer risk and duration of employment. Although some PCMRs for the cancers were also increased in the exposed group, female breast cancer was consistently increased when compared with both textile and electronics comparison groups using different exclusion criteria. The results obtained in the present study suggest a possible association between exposure to chlorinated organic solvents and female breast cancer. Since this association has never been reported in the previous studies, further study is needed to clarify the association.

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Occupational risk factors for breast cancer among women in Shanghai

Cited by 71 publications

References 26 publications

Cancer risk among 43 000 Norwegian nurses

Cancer risk among 43 000 Norwegian nurses

Population-Based Case-Control Study of Occupational Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields and Breast Cancer

A Proportionate Cancer Morbidity Ratio Study of Workers Exposed to Chlorinated Organic Solvents in Taiwan

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