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ArticleFrontiers in public health2023

Latency period of aristolochic acid-induced upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma.

Jing-Rong Jhuang, Po-Chun Chiu, Tung-Che Hsieh, Chung-Hsin Chen, Yeong-Shiau Pu, Wen-Chung Lee

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Article in Frontiers in public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Jing-Rong JhuangInstitute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Po-Chun ChiuDepartment of Public Health, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Tung-Che HsiehInstitute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Chung-Hsin ChenDepartment of Urology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Yeong-Shiau PuDepartment of Urology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Wen-Chung LeeInstitute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
National Taiwan University · TWNational Taiwan University Hospital · TW

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Abstract

Purpose: Aristolochic acid (AA) is a carcinogen in upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC). This study investigated the latency period between AA exposure and UTUC development. Materials and methods: This population-based cohort study was designed using record linkage of the National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD), Taiwan Cancer Registry Dataset, and cause-of-death data in Taiwan. Those aged 40-79 years were enrolled in this study. Patients who died or had renal insufficiency or UTUC before 2005 were excluded. The doses of AA exposure and rates of comorbidities between 2000 and 2005 were obtained. The Cox proportion hazard model was used to estimate the risk of UTUC between 2005 and 2016. In addition, the Cox model with time-varying coefficient of AA was used to measure the latency period of UTUC. Results: Of the 752,232 participants enrolled from the NHIRD, 520,871 (68.29%), 210,447 (27.59%), and 31,415 (4.12%) were exposed to cumulative AA doses of 0-1 mg, 1-150 mg, and >150 mg, respectively. A total of 1,147 (0.15%) patients were diagnosed with UTUC between 2005 and 2016. The latency periods of UTUC in middle-aged (40-59 years old) men with cumulative AA doses of 1-150 mg and middle-aged women with cumulative AA doses of 1-150 mg and >150 mg were 8, 9, and 7 years, respectively. Among the aged (60-79 years) individuals, no time-varying effect was observed, and the latency period could not be measured. Conclusion: A decreased risk of UTUC was observed after the ban on AA in Taiwan, especially in middle-aged women with moderate to high doses of AA exposure and men with moderate doses of AA exposure. The latency period of UTUC varies with age, the dose of AA exposure, and sex.

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Carcinoma, Transitional CellKidney NeoplasmsUrinary Bladder NeoplasmsUrinary TractAdultAristolochic AcidsCohort StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle Agedaristolochic acid IAristolochic Acidsaristolochic acidlatency periodslope-change modeltime-varying effectupper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC)

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PMCPMC10034135
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