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Occupational Risk for Oral Cancer in Nordic Countries

LAURA TARVAINEN, JUHO SUOJANEN, PENTTI KYYRONEN, CHRISTIAN LINDQVIST, JAN IVAR MARTINSEN, KRISTINA KJAERHEIM, ELSEBETH LYNGE, PAR SPAREN, LAUFEY TRYGGVADOTTIR, ELISABETE WEIDERPASS and EERO PUKKALA
Anticancer Research June 2017, 37 (6) 3221-3228;
LAURA TARVAINEN
1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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  • For correspondence: laura.tarvainen@fimnet.fi
JUHO SUOJANEN
2Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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PENTTI KYYRONEN
3Finnish Cancer Registry, Institute for Statistical and Epidemiological Cancer Research, Helsinki, Finland
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CHRISTIAN LINDQVIST
1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
2Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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JAN IVAR MARTINSEN
4Department of Research, Cancer Registry of Norway, Institute of Population-Based Cancer Research, Oslo, Norway
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KRISTINA KJAERHEIM
4Department of Research, Cancer Registry of Norway, Institute of Population-Based Cancer Research, Oslo, Norway
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ELSEBETH LYNGE
5Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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PAR SPAREN
6Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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LAUFEY TRYGGVADOTTIR
7Icelandic Cancer Registry, Reykjavik, Iceland
8Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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ELISABETE WEIDERPASS
4Department of Research, Cancer Registry of Norway, Institute of Population-Based Cancer Research, Oslo, Norway
6Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
9Genetic Epidemiology Group, Folkhälsan Research Center, Helsinki, Finland
10Department of Community Medicine, University of Tromso, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromso, Norway
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EERO PUKKALA
3Finnish Cancer Registry, Institute for Statistical and Epidemiological Cancer Research, Helsinki, Finland
11School of Health Sciences, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
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Aim: To evaluate occupational risk for cancer of the tongue, oral cavity or pharynx after adjustment for alcohol and tobacco use. Materials and Methods: The data covered 14.9 million people and 28,623 cases of cancer of the tongue, oral cavity and pharynx in the Nordic countries 1961-2005. Alcohol consumption by occupation was estimated based on mortality from liver cirrhosis and incidence of liver cancer. Smoking by occupation was estimated based on the incidence of lung cancer. Results: Only few occupations had relative risks of over 1.5 for cancer of the tongue, oral cavity and pharynx. These occupations included dentists, artistic workers, hairdressers, journalists, cooks and stewards, seamen and waiters. Conclusion: Several occupational categories, including dentists, had an increased relative risk of tongue cancer. This new finding remains to be explained but could be related to occupational chemical exposures, increased consumption of alcohol and tobacco products, or infection with human papilloma virus.

  • Head and neck cancer
  • alcohol
  • tobacco
  • cancer registry
  • Nordic countries
  • epidemiology
  • Received April 3, 2017.
  • Revision received April 17, 2017.
  • Accepted April 19, 2017.
  • Copyright© 2017, International Institute of Anticancer Research (Dr. George J. Delinasios), All rights reserved
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LAURA TARVAINEN, JUHO SUOJANEN, PENTTI KYYRONEN, CHRISTIAN LINDQVIST, JAN IVAR MARTINSEN, KRISTINA KJAERHEIM, ELSEBETH LYNGE, PAR SPAREN, LAUFEY TRYGGVADOTTIR, ELISABETE WEIDERPASS, EERO PUKKALA
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