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Cancer incidence in agricultural workers: Findings from an international consortium of agricultural cohort studies (AGRICOH).
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- Exposure to pesticides and risk of Hodgkin lymphoma in an international consortium of agricultural cohorts (AGRICOH).Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2023Pooled it
- 2022 Update on Prostate Cancer Epidemiology and Risk Factors-A Systematic Review.European urology · 2023Pooled it
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- Ultraviolet radiation exposure and melanoma risk among over 2 million Ontario workers.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Drinking water nitrate, disinfection byproducts, and prostate cancer incidence in the Agricultural Health Study.Journal of the National Cancer Institute · 2026Article
- European Code Against Cancer, 5th edition - ultraviolet radiation, radon and cancer.Molecular oncology · 2026Review
- Harvesting Risk: An Ecologic Study of Agricultural Practices and Patterns and Melanoma Incidence in Pennsylvania.JCO clinical cancer informatics · 2025Article
- Differences in Risk Perception Between the Construction and Agriculture Sectors: An Exploratory Study with a Focus on Carcinogenic Risk.La Medicina del lavoro · 2025Article
- Dermal Exposure to Agrochemicals as Risk Factor for Skin Cancer in Farmers and Ranchers in the US Central States.American journal of industrial medicine · 2025Article
- List of occupational diseases among farmers in Korea: a literature review.Annals of occupational and environmental medicine · 2025Review
- Leveraging Administrative Health Databases to Address Health Challenges in Farming Populations: Scoping Review and Bibliometric Analysis (1975-2024).JMIR public health and surveillance · 2025Article
- Proportional mortality and years of potential life lost due to liver diseases among agricultural workers, Brazil, 2017 to 2022.Cadernos de saude publica · 2025Article
- Occupational hazards and bladder cancer-An umbrella review of the risk in workers exposed over the past 30 years.Frontiers in public health · 2025Review
- Risk factors for kidney cancer and socio-occupational category: significant impact of chlorinated solvents (UroCCR 111).World journal of urology · 2024Article
- Occupational Risk Factors for Skin Cancer: A Comprehensive Review.Journal of Korean medical science · 2024Review
- Pesticides and risk of pancreatic adenocarcinoma in France: a nationwide spatiotemporal ecological study between 2011 and 2021.European journal of epidemiology · 2024Article
- Incidence and mortality of prostate cancer in France from 2010 to 2021, using a real-life database (National Health Data System - SNDS) - the CaPCo Study.World journal of urology · 2024Article
- Sun protection knowledge and behaviors of agricultural workers in Turkey: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Exposure to Pesticides and Breast Cancer in an Agricultural Region in Brazil.Environmental science & technology · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundAgricultural work can expose workers to potentially hazardous agents including known and suspected carcinogens. This study aimed to evaluate cancer incidence in male and female agricultural workers in an international consortium, AGRICOH, relative to their respective general populations.
methodsThe analysis included eight cohorts that were linked to their respective cancer registries: France (AGRICAN: n = 128,101), the US (AHS: n = 51,165, MESA: n = 2,177), Norway (CNAP: n = 43,834), Australia (2 cohorts combined, Australian Pesticide Exposed Workers: n = 12,215 and Victorian Grain Farmers: n = 919), Republic of Korea (KMCC: n = 8,432), and Denmark (SUS: n = 1,899). For various cancer sites and all cancers combined, standardized incidence ratios (SIR) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated for each cohort using national or regional rates as reference rates and were combined by random-effects meta-analysis.
resultsDuring nearly 2,800,000 person-years, a total of 23,188 cancers were observed. Elevated risks were observed for melanoma of the skin (number of cohorts = 3, meta-SIR = 1.18, CI: 1.01-1.38) and multiple myeloma (n = 4, meta-SIR = 1.27, CI: 1.04-1.54) in women and prostate cancer (n = 6, meta-SIR = 1.06, CI: 1.01-1.12), compared to the general population. In contrast, a deficit was observed for the incidence of several cancers, including cancers of the bladder, breast (female), colorectum, esophagus, larynx, lung, and pancreas and all cancers combined (n = 7, meta-SIR for all cancers combined = 0.83, 95% CI: 0.77-0.90). The direction of risk was largely consistent across cohorts although we observed large between-cohort variations in SIR for cancers of the liver and lung in men and women, and stomach, colorectum, and skin in men.
conclusionThe results suggest that agricultural workers have a lower risk of various cancers and an elevated risk of prostate cancer, multiple myeloma (female), and melanoma of skin (female) compared to the general population. Those differences and the between-cohort variations may be due to underlying differences in risk factors and warrant further investigation of agricultural exposures.
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