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ArticleJournal of epidemiology2016

Investigation of Spatial Clustering of Biliary Tract Cancer Incidence in Osaka, Japan: Neighborhood Effect of a Printing Factory.

Yuri Ito, Tomoki Nakaya, Akiko Ioka, Tomio Nakayama, Hideaki Tsukuma, Shinichiro Uehara, Kyoko Kogawa Sato, Ginji Endo, Tomoshige Hayashi

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Yuri ItoCenter for Cancer Control and Statistics, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases.
Tomoki Nakaya
Akiko Ioka
Tomio Nakayama
Hideaki Tsukuma
Shinichiro Uehara
Kyoko Kogawa Sato
Ginji Endo
Tomoshige Hayashi

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Abstract

backgroundIn 2013, an unusually high incidence of biliary tract cancer among current or former workers of the offset color proof printing department of a printing company in Osaka, Japan, was reported. The purpose of this study was to examine whether distance from the printing factory was associated with incidence of biliary tract cancer and whether incident biliary tract cancer cases clustered around the printing factory in Osaka using population-based cancer registry data.

methodsWe estimated the age-standardized incidence ratio of biliary tract cancer according to distance from this printing factory. We also searched for clusters of biliary tract cancer incidence using spatial scan statistics.

resultsWe did not observe statistically significantly high or low standardized incidence ratios for residents in each area categorized by distance from the printing factory for the entire sample or for either sex. The scan statistics did not show any statistically significant clustering of biliary tract cancer incidence anywhere in Osaka prefecture in 2004-2007.

conclusionsThere was no statistically significant clustering of biliary tract cancer incidence around the printing factory or in any other areas in Osaka, Japan, between 2004 and 2007. To date, even if some substances have diffused outside this source factory, they do not appear to have influenced the incidence of biliary tract cancer in neighboring residents.

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IndustryPrintingBiliary Tract NeoplasmsCluster AnalysisFemaleHumansIncidenceJapanMaleRegistriesResidence CharacteristicsSpatial Analysis

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PMID26902168
PMCPMC5008965

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