ReviewAnnals of epidemiology2015
The proportion of cancer attributable to occupational exposures.
Review in Annals of epidemiology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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52 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Night shift work and breast cancer risk in healthcare workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Occupational medicine (Oxford, England) · 2025Pooled it
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- Benzene Exposure and Lung Cancer Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Human Studies.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Pooled it
- Attributable fraction and number of cancer cases attributed to occupational carcinogens in Iran in 2019.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Global Geo-Pharmacogenomics: Environmental Mutational Signatures Drive Population-Level Heterogeneity in Anticancer Drug Response.Journal of xenobiotics · 2026Article
- The micronucleus assay in exfoliated buccal cells for occupational exposure studies: an overview.Mutagenesis · 2026Review
- European Code Against Cancer, 5th edition - occupational exposures and cancer.Molecular oncology · 2026Review
- Burden of cancer attributable to six occupational exposures in the Netherlands, 2021: a health impact assessment study.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- Exposure Registries as a Prevention Tool for Occupational Cancers: Establishing a New Hazardous Drug Registry for Oncology Personnel.American journal of industrial medicine · 2025Article
- Occupations and Risk of Head and Neck Cancers: A Case-Control Study in Tanzania.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Feasibility of acquiring occupational data from cancer patients' medical records in Malaysian oncology centres.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Influence of occupational stress on breast cancer incidence in the Women's Health Initiative.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2025Observational
- Management and Collection of Occupational Data for Health (ODH) in National Public Health Statistics: Evaluation and Recommendations for Korea.Safety and health at work · 2025Article
- Night shift work and breast cancer risk - 2023 update of epidemiologic evidence.Journal of the National Cancer Center · 2025Review
- Characterizing stakeholders in cancer primary prevention in European countries: an exploration of challenges and opportunities using a penta-helix framework.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Trends and Projections of Mortality Attributed to Occupational Neoplasms and Occupational Tracheal, Bronchus, and Lung Cancer in the World, G7 Countries and Turkey.Iranian journal of public health · 2024Article
- Sampling targets to assess occupational health in occupational health and safety management system audits: a mixed-methods research in Japan.Journal of occupational health · 2024Article
- A Scoping Review on Work Experiences of Nurses After Being Diagnosed With Cancer.Oncology nursing forum · 2023Article
- Survival and Enrichment Analysis of Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition Genes in Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma.Genes · 2023Article
- Data-Driven Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship Modeling for Human Carcinogenicity by Chronic Oral Exposure.Environmental science & technology · 2023Article
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Abstract
purposeTo review the literature on the estimation of the population attributable fraction (PAF) of cancer due to occupational exposures and to describe challenges in the estimation of this metric. To help illustrate the inherent challenges, we also estimate PAFs for selected cancers diagnosed in the United States in 2010 attributable to work as a painter (causally associated with bladder and lung cancer) and shift work (possibly associated with breast cancer).
methodsWe reviewed and summarized previous reports providing quantitative estimates of PAF for total cancer due to occupational exposures. We calculated PAF estimates for painters and shift work using methodology from a detailed investigation of the occupational cancer burden in Great Britain, with adaptations made for the US population.
resultsThe estimated occupation-attributable fraction for total cancer generally ranged between 2% and 8% (men, 3%-14%; women, 1%-2%) based on previous reports. We calculated that employment as a painter accounted for a very small proportion of cancers of the bladder and lung diagnosed in the United States in 2010, with PAFs of 0.5% for each site. In contrast, our calculations suggest that the potential impact of shift work on breast cancer (if causal) could be substantial, with a PAF of 5.7%, translating to 11,777 attributable breast cancers.
conclusionsContinued efforts to estimate the occupational cancer burden will be important as scientific evidence and economic trends evolve. Such projects should consider the challenges involved in PAF estimation, which we summarize in this report.
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