ArticleAmerican journal of industrial medicine2015
Risk of cancer among firefighters in California, 1988-2007.
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- Differential metabolic profiles by training fire exposure in female firefighters.International journal of hygiene and environmental health · 2026Article
- Assessing cancer risk in firefighters in Northern Germany: a retrospective cohort study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Firefighting, other protective service occupations and prostate cancer risk: a pooled analysis of three case-control studies.Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England) · 2025Article
- The Fire Fighter Cancer Cohort Study: Protocol for a Longitudinal Occupational Cohort Study.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Differential metabolic profiles by Hispanic ethnicity among male Tucson firefighters.Metabolomics : Official journal of the Metabolomic Society · 2025Article
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- Methodological and Practical Challenges in Synthesizing Occupational Cancer Studies.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Cancer odds among Ohio firefighters: data from the Ohio Cancer Incidence Surveillance System (OCISS) 1996-2019.BMJ public health · 2024Article
- Evaluating changes in firefighter urinary metabolomes after structural fires: an untargeted, high resolution approach.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundMost studies of firefighter cancer risks were conducted prior to 1990 and do not reflect risk from advances in building materials.
methodsA case-control study using California Cancer Registry data (1988-2007) was conducted to evaluate the risk of cancer among firefighters, stratified by race.
resultsThis study identified 3,996 male firefighters with cancer. Firefighters were found to have a significantly elevated risk for melanoma (odds ratio [OR] = 1.8; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.4-2.1), multiple myeloma (OR 1.4; 95%CI 1.0-1.8), acute myeloid leukemia (OR 1.4; 95%CI 1.0-2.0), and cancers of the esophagus (OR 1.6; 95%CI 1.2-2.1), prostate (OR 1.5; 95%CI 1.3-1.7), brain (OR 1.5; 95%CI 1.2-2.0), and kidney (OR 1.3; 95%CI 1.0-1.6).
conclusionsIn addition to observing cancer findings consistent with previous research, this study generated novel findings for firefighters with race/ethnicity other than white. It provides additional evidence to support the association between firefighting and several specific cancers.
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