ArticleEnvironmental health perspectives2017
Ambient Air Pollution and Cancer Mortality in the Cancer Prevention Study II.
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- Long-term exposure to outdoor air pollutants and risk of pancreatic cancer in a large prospective U.S.-based cohort.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2026Article
- Associations of fine particulate matter pollution components with overall, prostate cancer, and cardiovascular disease mortality in men with prostate cancer: A cohort study.Environmental research · 2026Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe International Agency for Research on Cancer classified both outdoor air pollution and airborne particulate matter as carcinogenic to humans (Group 1) for lung cancer. There may be associations with cancer at other sites; however, the epidemiological evidence is limited.
objectiveThe aim of this study was to clarify whether ambient air pollution is associated with specific types of cancer other than lung cancer by examining associations of ambient air pollution with nonlung cancer death in the Cancer Prevention Study II (CPS-II).
methodsAnalysis included 623,048 CPS-II participants who were followed for 22 y (1982-2004). Modeled estimates of particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter <2.5µm (PM
resultsWe observed 43,320 nonlung cancer deaths. PM
conclusionsThe results from this large prospective study suggest that ambient air pollution was not associated with death from most nonlung cancers, but associations with kidney, bladder, and colorectal cancer death warrant further investigation. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP1249.
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