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ArticleBMC public health2025

Assessing cancer risk in firefighters in Northern Germany: a retrospective cohort study.

Vanessa Sophie Ernst, Kirsi Manz, Kerstin Weitmann, Wolfgang Hoffmann

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Article in BMC public health, 2025. 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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Vanessa Sophie ErnstInstitute for Community Medicine, Section Epidemiology of Health Care and Community Health, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany. vanessasophie.ernst@med.uni-greifswald.de.
Kirsi ManzCancer Registry Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Institute for Community Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.
Kerstin WeitmannCancer Registry Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Institute for Community Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.
Wolfgang HoffmannInstitute for Community Medicine, Section Epidemiology of Health Care and Community Health, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe aim of this study is the analysis of cancer incidence and mortality among the firefighters of the municipal fire brigade in the city of Neubrandenburg in Germany.

methodsTo asses cancer risk standardized incidence ratios and standardized mortality ratios were computed. The risk of the firefighter cohort was compared to the risk of two reference populations: the county Mecklenburg Lake District, where the city of Neubrandenburg is located, and the federal state Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

resultsResults are based on data from 100 firefighters. No statistically significant results were observed for the incidence or mortality of all cancers (ICD-10 C00-C97 without C44). The SIR and SMR for bladder cancer were significantly elevated.

conclusionThe overall cancer incidence and mortality among Neubrandenburg's firefighters were not higher than among the reference population. The increased incidence and mortality from bladder cancer are in line with published results, especially with the monograph by the International Agency for Research on Cancer on occupational exposure as a firefighter.

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FirefightersNeoplasmsOccupational DiseasesOccupational ExposureAdultAgedCohort StudiesFemaleGermanyHumansIncidenceMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentUrinary Bladder NeoplasmsCancer registryFirefightersOccupational cohortStandardized incidence ratioStandardized mortality ratio

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