Cancer 1

• Published in: Occupational and environmental medicine (London, England) Vol. 64; no. 12; p. e8
• Main Authors: McElvenny, D., Armstrong, B. G., Kirkham, T. L., Demers, P. A., McLeod, C., Tamburic, L., Koehoorn, M., Ahn, Y. S., Jung, S. Y., Bochmann, F., Taeger, D., Krahn, U., Wiethege, T., Ickstadt, K., Johnen, G., Eisenmenger, A., Wesch, H., Bruening, T., Pesch, B., Tse, L. A., Yu, I. T. S., Sapkota, A., Hashibe, M., Gajalakshmi, V., Jetly, D., Roychowdhury, S., Dikshit, R., Brennan, P., Boffetta, P., Robinson, C. F., Sullivan, P. A., Walker, J. T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 01.12.2007; BMJ Publishing Group LTD; BMJ Group
• Subjects: Age; Asbestos; Carcinogenicity; Electronic Pages; Gastric cancer; Laryngeal cancer; Liver cancer; Lung cancer; Manufacturing; Mesothelioma; Meta-analysis; Morbidity; Mortality; Studies; Trends
• ISSN: 1351-0711; 1470-7926
• DOI: 10.1136/oem.64.12.e8

In 2006 the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) working group concluded that the evidence for carcinogenicity in humans is adequate for nasopharyngeal cancer, is limited for sinonasal cancer and does not support a causal role for formaldehyde for lung cancer. While based on a small number of deaths, the highest excess lung cancer proportionate mortality among Hispanic women occurred in the banking industry (PMR=333) and three manufacturing sub-sectors (industrial chemicals PMR=590, rubber and plastics PMR=278, and printing and publishing PMR=330).