SynthesisFrontiers in public health2022
Systematic review of the scientific evidence of the pulmonary carcinogenicity of talc.
Synthesis in Frontiers in public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
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Who cites it
5 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.
- Adapting PRISMA Guidelines to Enhance Reporting Quality in Genetic Association Studies: A Framework Proposal.Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2025Pooled it
- Systematic review of the epidemiological evidence of associations between quantified occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica and the risk of silicosis and lung cancer.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Systematic review of the scientific evidence of the pulmonary carcinogenicity of talc.Frontiers in public health · 2022Pooled it
- Residual apical space (RAS) correlation with recurrence in primary spontaneous pneumothorax after surgery: multicenter analysis stratified by type of surgery.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2026Article
- Systematic review of the association between talc and female reproductive tract cancers.Frontiers in toxicology · 2023Review
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Authors and funding
12 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
We conducted a systematic review to assess the potential pulmonary carcinogenicity of inhaled talc in humans. Our systematic review methods adhere to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines and incorporated aspects from the US Institute of Medicine (IOM) and several United States (US) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) frameworks for systematic reviews. A comprehensive literature search was conducted. Detailed data abstraction and study quality evaluation, adapting the US Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) framework, were central to our analysis. The literature search and selection process identified 23 primary studies that assessed exposure to talc and pulmonary cancer risks in humans (
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