ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Relationship between Urban Green Spaces and Cancer: A Scoping Review.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Exploring Urban Green Spaces' Effect against Traffic Exposure on Childhood Leukaemia Incidence.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Exposome approach for identifying modifiable factors for the prevention of colorectal cancer.Scientific reports · 2022Article
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- Environmental and social determinants of thyroid cancer: A spatial analysis based on the Geographical Detector.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Article
- Greenspace and human health: An umbrella review.Innovation (Cambridge (Mass.)) · 2021Review
- Neighborhood Characteristics and Cancer Survivorship: An Overview of the Current Literature on Neighborhood Landscapes and Cancer Care.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
- Green-Blue Spaces and Population Density versus COVID-19 Cases and Deaths in Poland.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
This scoping study aims to explore the relationships between urban green spaces (UGSs) and the onset, remission and recovery of cancer. We followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) extension for scoping reviews (protocol published in 2018). Eligibility criteria for papers were: (1) to be concerned with UGSs, (2) reporting effects of UGSs on cancer-related outcomes including direct or indirect measures, (3) reporting randomized controlled trials, prospective cohort studies, case studies, observational studies, non-comparative studies, (4) in English or French. The search covered primary studies in the published and unpublished (grey) literatures searching by hand and electronic databases (MEDLINE, Green File, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature and ScienceDirect). Among 1703 records screened by two reviewers independently, 29 were included for qualitative synthesis. We classify the cancers concerned and the effects reported i.e., protective effect, risk or without association. The most investigated cancers are bladder, breast and lung cancer. Our study also identified contributing factors and their mediating effects between UGSs and cancer. Even though the strength of the evidence of the associations between UGSs and cancer is still weak due to the low number of studies and their design, results highlight the wide variety of possible mediating factors between the use of green spaces and cancer occurrence, remission and/or prevention. Knowledge gaps and future research perspectives should be oriented to qualitative research on protective factors with an attention to equity in UGS access and use.
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