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SynthesisEnvironmental health : a global access science source2017

Prostate cancer in firefighting and police work: a systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiologic studies.

Jeavana Sritharan, Manisha Pahwa, Paul A Demers, Shelley A Harris, Donald C Cole, Marie-Elise Parent

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Synthesis in Environmental health : a global access science source, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  5. Cancer Incidence and Mortality among Firefighters: An Overview of Epidemiologic Systematic Reviews.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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  20. Cancer risk among firefighters and police in the Ontario workforce.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Jeavana SritharanOccupational Cancer Research Centre, Cancer Care Ontario, 525 University Avenue, Toronto, ON, M5G 2L3, Canada. jeavana.sritharan@occupationalcancer.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8228-1632
Manisha PahwaOccupational Cancer Research Centre, Cancer Care Ontario, 525 University Avenue, Toronto, ON, M5G 2L3, Canada.
Paul A DemersOccupational Cancer Research Centre, Cancer Care Ontario, 525 University Avenue, Toronto, ON, M5G 2L3, Canada. paul.demers@cancercare.on.ca.
Shelley A HarrisOccupational Cancer Research Centre, Cancer Care Ontario, 525 University Avenue, Toronto, ON, M5G 2L3, Canada.
Donald C ColeDalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, 525 University Avenue, Toronto, ON, M5G 2L3, Canada.
Marie-Elise ParentINRS-Institut Armand-Frappier, University of Quebec, 531 Boulevard des Prairies, Laval, Quebec, H7V 1B7, Canada.

Funding

Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute 2014-703257
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesWe conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate potential associations between firefighting and police occupations, and prostate cancer incidence and mortality.

methodsOriginal epidemiological studies published from 1980 to 2017 were identified through PubMed and Web of Science. Studies were included if they contained specific job titles for ever/never firefighting and police work and associated prostate cancer risk estimates with 95% confidence intervals (CI). Study quality was assessed using a 20-point checklist. Prostate cancer meta-risk estimates (mRE) and corresponding 95% CIs were calculated for firefighting and police work separately and by various study characteristics using random effects models. Between-study heterogeneity was evaluated using the I

resultsA total of 26 firefighter and 12 police studies were included in the meta-analysis, with quality assessment scores ranging from 7 to 19 points. For firefighter studies, the prostate cancer incidence mRE was 1.17 (95% CI = 1.08-1.28, I

conclusionSmall excess risks of prostate cancer were observed from firefighter studies with moderate to substantial heterogeneity and a relatively small number of police studies, respectively. There is a need for further studies to examine police occupations and to assess unique and shared exposures in firefighting and police work.

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FirefightersHumansMalePoliceProstatic NeoplasmsEpidemiologyFirefightersIncidenceMeta-analysisMortalityOccupationPoliceProstate cancer riskSystematic review

Identifiers

PMID29149887
PMCPMC5693511

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