ArticleJCO clinical cancer informatics2025
Harvesting Risk: An Ecologic Study of Agricultural Practices and Patterns and Melanoma Incidence in Pennsylvania.
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- Cannabis use and perceptions among rural and urban cancer patients and survivors from a Pennsylvania cancer center.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Article
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Abstract
purposeTo examine the geospatial distribution of melanoma incidence in Pennsylvania (PA), quantify its association with agriculture practices and patterns, and consider its relevance for cancer control.
methodsThe study used an ecologic design with county-level PA data on the 2017-2021 incidence of invasive melanoma among adults 50 years and older, as well as agricultural patterns and practices, ultraviolet radiation (UVR), and demographics/socioeconomics. Spatial clustering was examined using local indicators of spatial association and Getis-Ord Gi*. Separate adjacency-weighted Conway-Maxwell-Poisson models, adjusted for UVR and social vulnerability, quantified the association between melanoma and (1) cultivated and pasture/hay acreage and (2) herbicide-, insecticide-, fungicide-, and manure-treated acreage.
resultsMelanoma incidence was 57.1% greater in a 15-county cluster (
conclusionMelanoma incidence clustered in South Central PA, an area with substantial agricultural industry. However, a majority of counties in the cluster were designated as metropolitan, challenging the concept that agriculture is primarily an industry of counties designated as nonmetropolitan (rural). Agricultural practices and patterns were associated with incidence, suggesting that cancer control adopt an integrated One Health approach to concurrently address occupational, environmental, and behavioral risks. The cluster was entirely within the 28-county catchment area of the Penn State Cancer Institute, demonstrating the utility of geospatial data and analysis for cancer control by a cancer center.
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