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ArticleBMC oral health2024

Occupation and tongue cancer in Nordic countries.

Johanna Peltonen, Rayan Nikkilä, Ahmed Al-Samadi, Antti Mäkitie, Jan Ivar Martinsen, Kristina Kjaerheim, Elsebeth Lynge, Par Sparen, Laufey Tryggvadottir, Elisabete Weiderpass and 2 more

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Article in BMC oral health, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors at 8 institutions in 6 countries.

Johanna PeltonenDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases, Clinicum, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. johanna.peltonen@helsinki.fi.
Rayan NikkiläDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Helsinki, HUS Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
Ahmed Al-SamadiDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases, Clinicum, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Antti MäkitieDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Helsinki, HUS Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
Jan Ivar MartinsenThe Cancer Registry of Norway at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
Kristina KjaerheimThe Cancer Registry of Norway at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
Elsebeth LyngeZealand University Hospital, Nykøbing Falster, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Par SparenDepartment of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Laufey TryggvadottirIcelandic Cancer Registry, Reykjavik, Iceland.
Elisabete WeiderpassInternational Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France.
Tuula SaloDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases, Clinicum, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Eero PukkalaFinnish Cancer Registry, Institute for Statistical and Epidemiological Cancer Research, Helsinki, Finland.
University of Helsinki · FIFinnish Cancer Registry · FINorwegian Institute of Public Health · NOCentre International de Recherche sur le Cancer · FRHelsinki University Hospital · FIIcelandic Cancer Society · ISKarolinska Institutet · SEUniversity of Copenhagen · DK

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World Health Organization 001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeAlmost 200,000 tongue cancers were diagnosed worldwide in 2020. The aim of this study was to describe occupational risk variation in this malignancy.

methodsThe data are based on the Nordic Occupational Cancer (NOCCA) study containing 14.9 million people from the Nordic countries with 9020 tongue cancers diagnosed during 1961-2005. The standardized incidence ratio (SIR) of tongue cancer in each occupational category was calculated using national incidence rates as the reference.

resultsAmong men, the incidence was statistically significantly elevated in waiters (SIR 4.36, 95% confidence interval (CI) 3.13--5.92), beverage workers (SIR 3.42, 95% CI 2.02-5.40), cooks and stewards (SIR 2.55, 95% CI 1.82-3.48), seamen (SIR 1.66, 95% CI 1.36-2.00), journalists (SIR 1.85, 95% CI 1.18-2.75), artistic workers (SIR 2.05, 95% CI 1.54-2.66), hairdressers (SIR 2.17, 95% CI 1.39-3.22), and economically inactive persons (SIR 1.57, 95% CI 1.42-1.73). Among women, the SIR was statistically significantly elevated only in waitresses (SIR 1.39, 95% CI 1.05-1.81). Statistically significant SIRs ≤ 0.63 were observed in male farmers, gardeners, forestry workers and teachers, and in female launderers.

conclusionsThese findings may be related to consumption of alcohol and tobacco, but the effect of carcinogenic exposure from work cannot be excluded.

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Occupational DiseasesOccupationsTongue NeoplasmsAdultAgedAlcohol DrinkingFemaleHumansIncidenceMaleMiddle AgedOccupational ExposureRisk FactorsScandinavian and Nordic CountriesSex FactorsNordicOccupationTongue cancer

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PMID38685000
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