Environmental causes of esophageal cancer

F Kamangar, WH Chow, CC Abnet… - Gastroenterology Clinics of …, 2009 - Elsevier
This article reviews the environmental risk factors and predisposing conditions for the two
main histologic types of esophageal cancer. Tobacco smoking, excessive alcohol …

Television viewing and time spent sedentary in relation to cancer risk: a meta-analysis

D Schmid, MF Leitzmann - JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Background Sedentary behavior is emerging as an independent risk factor for chronic
disease and mortality. However, the evidence relating television (TV) viewing and other …

Use of the Finnish Information System on Occupational Exposure (FINJEM) in epidemiologic, surveillance, and other applications

T Kauppinen, S Uuksulainen, A Saalo… - Annals of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
This paper reviews the use of the Finnish Information System on Occupational Exposure
(Finnish job-exposure matrix, FINJEM) in different applications in Finland and other …

Occupational exposures and risk of stomach cancer by histological type

M Santibañez, J Alguacil, MG de la Hera… - Occupational and …, 2012 - oem.bmj.com
Objective To explore the relationship between stomach cancer (SC), by histological type,
and occupations and occupational exposures. Methods The authors conducted a hospital …

Adherence to pro-vegetarian food patterns and risk of oesophagus, stomach, and pancreas cancers: a multi case–control study (The PANESOES Study)

A Oncina-Cánovas, S González-Palacios… - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
We aimed to evaluate the association between three previously defined pro-vegetarian
(PVG) food patterns and the cancers of the oesophagus, stomach, and pancreas in a multi …

[HTML][HTML] Occupational exposures in rare cancers: A critical review of the literature

B Charbotel, B Fervers, JP Droz - Critical reviews in oncology/hematology, 2014 - Elsevier
The contribution of occupational exposures to rare cancers, which represent 22% of all
cancers diagnosed annually in Europe, remains insufficiently considered. We conducted a …

Occupational exposure to silica and risk of gastrointestinal cancers: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies

J Shao, P Fu, S Wang, H Cheng, X Zhang - International Archives of …, 2024 - Springer
Background Although silica is a proven lung carcinogen, there is no convincing evidence
linking crystalline silica to gastrointestinal malignancies. Methods We detailedly searched …

Use of job-exposure matrices to estimate occupational exposure to pesticides: A review

C Carles, G Bouvier, P Lebailly, I Baldi - Journal of Exposure Science & …, 2017 - nature.com
The health effects of pesticides have been extensively studied in epidemiology, mainly in
agricultural populations. However, pesticide exposure assessment remains a key …

Occupational heat exposure and breast cancer risk in the MCC-Spain study

A Hinchliffe, M Kogevinas, B Pérez-Gómez… - … Biomarkers & Prevention, 2021 - AACR
Background: Mechanisms linking occupational heat exposure with chronic diseases have
been proposed. However, evidence on occupational heat exposure and cancer risk is …

Occupational asbestos exposure and risk of esophageal, gastric and colorectal cancer in the prospective Netherlands Cohort Study

NSM Offermans, R Vermeulen, A Burdorf… - … journal of cancer, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The evidence for an association between occupational asbestos exposure and esophageal,
gastric and colorectal cancer is limited. We studied this association specifically addressing …